115692 Squadron Leader (Chaplain)
Reverend Fr. James Brendan Greany
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Aged 38.
B.A. (National University of Ireland)
Son of John and Mary Greany, of Mallow, Co. Cork.
His father was a Cattle Dealer.
His brother
John Greany
also died in World War 2.
He was a Radio Officer on a Merchant Ship SS. Pacific, which was sunk between Rockall and Iceland on 1st March 1941, when hit by torpedoes from a German Submarine.
The ship had become a "straggler" due to steering fault in heavy weather. Of the 35 on board, there was only 1 survivor.
115692 Squadron Leader (Chaplain)
Reverend Fr. James Brendan Greany
The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Aged 38.
B.A. (National University of Ireland)
Son of John and Mary Greany, of Mallow, Co. Cork.
His father was a Cattle Dealer.
His brother
John Greany
also died in World War 2.
He was a Radio Officer on a Merchant Ship SS. Pacific, which was sunk between Rockall and Iceland on 1st March 1941, when hit by torpedoes from a German Submarine.
The ship had become a "straggler" due to steering fault in heavy weather. Of the 35 on board, there was only 1 survivor.
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