"Bernie" Bernard Aloysius O'HARA

Born 3 June 1921 in West Leederville, Western Australia ^{[15] [16]}
Son of John Patrick O'HARA and Alice Maud KENNEDY ^[15]
Bank Officer / Teller with the Bank of New South Wales at 15 Macpherson Street in Carnamah 1938-1941 ^{[6] [P42]}
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club ^{[0: image 04120]}
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club ^{[0: image 04120]}
Member of the Carnamah Football Club ^{[0: image 04120]}
Member of the Carnamah Race and Sports Club ^{[0: image 04120]}
Member of the Carnamah Volunteer Defence Corps in 1941 ^{[4: 29-Mar-1941]}
Had been quite smitten with Miss Les BOWMAN and had given her bottles of perfume^[P9]
Just before entering camp with the Royal Australian Air Force had been transferred away from Carnamah ^{[0: image 04001]}
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 21 July 1941 ^[16]
Flight Sergeant 415176 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 18th Squadron during the Second World War ^[16]
In 1942 was a member of a gallant air crew who were praised for magnificent team work in a raid on Germany ^{[0: image 04119 / 20]}
In late July 1943 word was received in Carnamah that he was "missing" ^{[0: image 04237]}
Killed in Action on 18 July 1943 in Sicily ^{[17] [18]}
Buried / Memorialised at the Catania British Cemetery in Sicily ^[17]
His name appears on the Perth Honour Roll and on the Carnamah War Memorial ^{[18] [35]}

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