Name: HIGGINS Leslie Charles

Date of Birth: 19 April 1927

Birth Location: Capel Western Australia

Also Known As: Les

Age at Burial: 70 years

Date of Death: 24 June 1997

Death Location: Fremantle Hospital.

Date of Burial: 27 June 1997

Denomination: Seventh Day Adventist

Row/Grave: Row 5 / Grave 40

Grave Transcription: Unmarked

CDCP Grave Marker: Grave Marker with Plaque, placed by CDCP volunteers,  24 May 2023 (image below).

Father: Walter Higgins born: 29 April 1876 Capel. Died: 24 October 1949 Buried Capel Cemetery.

Married: 1923

Mother: Elsye May House born: 11 July 1904 Quindalup. Died: 21 December 1981 Buried Capel Cemetery.

Grandfather (Father): Charles Higgins born: 25 June 1835 Swan River Settlement. Died: Maldon Farm, Capel.

Married: 22 December 1863.

Grandmother (Father): Mary Matilda Gardiner born: 8 August 1845 Bunbury. Died: 18 March 1884 Maldon Farm, Capel.

Grandfather (Mother): George William House born: 1874 Ferguson. Died: 21 November 1941 Buried Capel Cemetery.

Married: 1899

Grandmother (Mother): Elizabeth Matilda Smith born: 1881 Quindalup. Died: 15 December 1961 Buried Capel Cemetery.

Siblings:

Alta Mavis “May” Higgins born: 12 April 1923. Died: 26 May 2009 Buried Mandurah Cemetery. Married: 1. 26 September 1942 Thomas Curley. 2. Maurice Edmond Peterson.

Andrew James Higgins born: 26 May 1924. Died: 6 June 2004 Buried Capel Cemetery.

Gladys “Lally” Higgins born: November 1928. Died: 2020. Married: 1955 Keith Gregory.

Mary Higgins born: 1932

Rosamond Higgins born: Married: 1960 Brian J McIntosh

Carrol Higgins born: Married: 1964 Richard A Faulds

Camille F Higgins born: Married: 1964 Benjamin Joseph Prowse

Spouse: Kathleen Lyon born: 26 September 1930 South Africa. Died: 5 March 1994 Buried Capel Cemetery

Children:

John Charles Higgins

Stephen Andrew Higgins

Mark Anthony Higgins born: 14 January 1953 Died: 26 May 1982 Buried Capel Cemetery.

Vicki Higgins

Michelle Higgins

Occupation: Farmer

Military Service:

Their Story

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