NAME:  PERCIVAL CAMPBELL SCOTT

Date of Birth: 6 August 1918      

Birth Location:   Bunbury

Also Known As:   Perc

Date of Death: 6 August 1962

Age: 44 Years

Death Location:  Elgin (Gavins Road), Western Australia

Date of Burial: 8 August 1962

Denomination: Anglican B

Row/Grave: Row 1. Grave #4

Grave Transcription:  

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

PERCIVAL CAMPBELL

SCOTT

BELOVED HUSBAND OF

INA

DEARLY LOVED FATHER OF

RAY, HELEN, THELMA, STANLEY

DIED RESULT OF ACCIDENT

6th AUG 1962

AGED 44 YEARS

Father: Eugene Henry William Scott.  Born 10 October 1882.  Died 24 February 1937.  

Mother: Grace Hill Campbell (Forrest) Scott.  Born 13 April 1888.  Died 24 January 1950.  Married 2 September 1908

Grandparents (father): William Proctor Scott.  Born 5 October 1856.  Died 27 October 1930. Lavinia Sussanah (Higgins)Scott.  Born 8 October 1856.  Died 7 February 1916.

Grandparents (mother): James Hill Forrest.  Born 24 June 1845.  Died 1 August 1928.  Annie Marie (Scott) Forrest.  Born 30 March 1835.  Died 21 December 1921.

Siblings:

Erle Eugene Augustus Scott. Born 15 July 1909.  Died 2 July 1992.  Married Violet (Vickery) 1930.

Joy Edeline Irene (Trotman) Scott.  Born 1912.  Died 27 June 1985.  Married Howard Trotman 1934.

James Forrest Scott.  Born 16 May 1915.  Died 28 November 1968.  Married Edna Jean (Hutton) 1938.

Douglas Bruce Scott (twin).  Born 6 August 1918.   Died 30 April 2003. Married Patsy (Gibsone) 1941.

Mavis Jean (Franklin) Scott.  Born 21 December 1920.  Died 19 January 1998. Married Ernest Henry Franklin 1946.

Lorna St Clair (Fisher) Scott.  Born 25 November 1925.  Died 4 June 1987.  Married Richard Fisher 25 August 1943.

Norman St Clair Scott (twin).  Born 25 November 1925.  Died 14 July 1938.1938

Spouse: Ina Beatrice (Fisher) Scott.  Born 4 February 1917.  Died 17 July 2003.  Married 1941.

Children:

Raymond Percival Scott.  Born 1943.  Married Noeline May Platts 1965.

Helen Margaret (Shine) Scott.  Born 1944.  Married Dennis John Shine 1965.

Thelma Anne (Richards) Scott.  Born 1947.  Married Graeme William Richards 1968.

Stanley Eugene Scott.  Born 1952.  Married Deborah Ann Clarke 1973.

Occupation: Farmer

Military Service:   VDC – Home guard WW2

Their Story 

Perc was one of twin boys born on the ‘Irwin Farm’ in Elgin Western Australia. 

A gentle caring man of quiet nature.

Loved by his wife and family.

Had a very progressive mind and had many plans and ideas to extend and improve his farms.

He died in an accident on his 44th birthday after spending the day cutting fence posts on his Yongarilup farm.  

A man highly respected and loved throughout the community.

Story written by Thelma Richards for the CDCP website

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