Theodore Marcus Clark
- Born: 20 Aug 1915, Turramurra, Sydney, NSW Australia 578
- Marriage (1): Kathleen Mary Crossing in 1941 in Woollahra, Sydney, NSW Australia
- Died: 9 Jan 1942, Malta at age 26
- Buried: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey England
Cause of his death was in action during WWII.
General Notes:
WWII
Royal Australian Air Force
Service Number 402310
Date of Birth 20 Aug 1915
Place of Birth TURRAMURRA, NSW
Date of Enlistment 19 Aug 1940
Place of Enlistment SYDNEY, NSW
Next of Kin CLARK, REGINALD
Date of Death 9 Jan 1942
Rank Flying Officer
Posting on Death MEP
Roll of Honour KILLARA NSW
Grave Memorial Reference Panel 109
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey England
Marcus was killed 3 days after the birth of his son Philip.
Christopher Clark adds:
402310 Flying Officer CLARK, Theodore Marcus
Source:
NAA: A705, 163/26/166
Aircraft Type: Wellington
Serial number: V 417
Radio call sign:
Unit: Royal Air Force Station Port Reath UK ATTD
Summary:
Wellington V 417 took off at night on 9/10th January 1942 from Gibraltar in transit on
delivery flight to the Middle East, and failed to arrive at Malta. No communication was
established with the aircraft and it is assumed that the crew lost their lives at sea.
Crew:
RAAF 404452 FO Corser A H C, Captain (Pilot)
RAAF 402310 FO Clark, T M (Pilot)
RAF PO Marchington
RAF Sgt Taylerson
RAF Sgt Bayliss
RAF Sgt Ledlie
Noted events in his life were:
• connection. 578 The connection between Christopher Clark & Les is as follows:
Christopher Clark . . .
Is the cousin of . . .
Theodore Clark (1915) who married Kathleen Crossing (1916)
Her father was William Crossing (1877) who married Veta Warby (1891)
Her father was Walter Warby (1854)
His father was Joseph Warby (1818)
His father was John Warby (c1767) & he also had Elizabeth Warby (1802) who married James Layton (1804)
They had Eleanor Keighran Layton (1821) who married James Keighran (1808)
They had John Joseph Keighran (1845)
He had Joseph William Keighran (1879)
He had Leslie William Keighran (1904)
He had Mary Keighran (1927) who married Mervyn Collins (1924)
They had Les Collins (1950) who married me Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)
Theodore married Kathleen Mary Crossing, daughter of William George Crossing and Veta Mary Warby, in 1941 in Woollahra, Sydney, NSW Australia. (Kathleen Mary Crossing was born on 20 Apr 1916 in Quirindi, NSW Australia.)
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