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Bernard O'Reilly (1903–1975) (born Alfonso Bernard O'Reilly) was an Australian author and bushman of Irish descent. He was born and raised in the Blue Mountains about 50 km north-west of Sydney and later moved to the McPherson Range near Beaudesert in South East Queensland, Australia. He is part of the family that established the O'Reilly's Guesthouse in the Lamington Plateau. On 20 August 1931 Bernard O'Reilly married Viola Gwendoline King in Brisbane. ==Plane crash rescue== (詳細はLamington National Park of a Stinson Model A airplane, the ''VH-UHH Brisbane'', and the organization of rescue crews that retrieved two survivors. Using his bushcraft and geographical knowledge, as well as extrapolating from the plane's filed flight plan, O'Reilly found the crash site. On the second day of his search he came upon 2 survivors and the wreckage of the aircraft in the extremely rugged and mountainous rainforest terrain. He then trekked 16 miles through the same difficult terrain to get help and return the next day with rescuers.〔 The rescue operation gained national headlines with reports broadcast live on the radio. At a ceremony in Sydney, O'Reilly was presented with a plaque and a cheque raised by public subscription. At the ceremony he paid tribute to the two survivors and one of the five victims, Jim Westray, who died from exposure after breaking his ankle and crawling several miles while trying to get help for the others. In years afterward, O'Reilly's nephew, Peter O'Reilly, organized bush tours recreating his uncle's "remarkable feat." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bernard O'Reilly (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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