Warrant Officer Theodore Raymond Scarlett^{[1, 2]}

1912 - 1944  (31 years)

• Gender	Male
  Birth	17 October 1912	Karamea, West Coast, New Zealand   [2]
  Death	5 June 1944	Rabaul, East New Britain, New Britain, New Guinea   [2]
  Burial	after 5 June 1944	Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, Bourail, New Caledonia   [3]
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I2145	Roger
  Last Modified	25 April 2016

  
  

  Father	Walter “Wattie” Andrew Scarlett           b. 8 November 1891, Karamea, West Coast, New Zealand           d. 24 January 1971, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Lilian Elsie Cresswell           b. 18 August 1890, Stoke, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand           d. 27 November 1957, Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F547	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 17 October 1912 - Karamea, West Coast, New Zealand  Death - 5 June 1944 - Rabaul, East New Britain, New Britain, New Guinea  Burial - after 5 June 1944 - Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, Bourail, New Caledonia
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• Photos » Slide Show		Theodore Scarlett in Military Uniform World War Two Photo posted on Facebook “Scarlett family group” by Royce Smith on 3 May 2020.
  		Theodore Scarlett in Military Uniform World War Two Photo posted on Facebook “Scarlett family group” by Royce Smith on 3 May 2020.
  		Theodore Scarlett Aircrew Photo Photo posted on Facebook “Scarlett family group” by Ray Douglas 4 June 2022 “David Cook just sent me an article about the flying Clayton family. He was the pilot of the aircraft that Theo Scarlett was on that crashed in pacific in WW2. Here's a colourised photo - that's Theo on the far right and his pilot in the middle.”
  		Theo Scarlett, Ken Curtis, Eva Prout, and Leslie Scarlett Photo posted on Facebook by Royce Smith on 23 April 2024 Left to right: Theo Scarlett, Ken Curtis, Eva Prout, Leslie Scarlett “It says on the pic ,,the chap in the middle is a Curtis,, Theo is on the Left, and Eva and Leslie,(just in the pic) on the right. I knew Eva well enough . She was from Westport and I think her and Leslie were engaged. --Theo was the Turret Gunner in a three crew Avenger Torpedo bomber . The largest single engine aircraft of the war. Carried a 2000 pound torpedo. Because of its size and weight ,was rather clumsy and had a very low survival life. I need to check this out,,, but believe Eva later married the sole survivor of the Ventura crash which claimed Leslie's life. His name was Tate,, and I know he visited Aunty Mag.and Uncle Les.after the war.--- Not 100% sure tho..”

  
  

  Military		Memorial Certificate of Theo Raymond Scarlett From Commonwealth War Graves Commission website http:/​/​www​.cwgc​.org/​find-war-dead/​casualty/​2385092/​SCARLETT,​%20THEO​%20RAYMOND
  		Graves Registration Report Form - shows R. L. Scarlett and T. R. Scarlett

  
  

• Notes

  Killed in Action RNZAF WW II [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] prepared by Roger Moffat, Roger’s Original Genealogy Data Files. [S309] from Tom Fitzsimons, GEDCOM File “Scarlett.ged”. [S2555] posted by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Website of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.