Arthur Joseph GALLEY

GALLEY, Arthur Joseph

Service Number: 412004
Enlisted: 21 June 1941
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 464 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 16 July 1921
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, English Channel near St. Brieuc, France, 13 June 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Warrant Officer Kane-Maguire 405357 RAAF and Flight Sergeant Arthur Galley 412004 RAAF of 464 Squadron RAAF were killed when Ventura AE937 was shot down and crashed in the English Channel near the Channel Islands, following a Squadron raid on the viaduct at St Brieuc, France

Also killed were Flight Sergeant Lawson RAF 656112 and Flight Sergeant Goodheart RAF 1376102

Their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial