Name: Stafford Leslie Scott

Date of Birth: c1899

Birth Location: ‘Roselands’ Stratham, Western Australia

Also Known As: Pat

Age at Burial: 54 years

Date of Death: 1st December 1955

Death Location: Claremont, Western Australia

Date of Burial: 5th December 1955

Denomination: Anglican

Row/Grave: Anglican B section. Row 2. Grave # 25. Multi persons (family) tomb stone. The grave of
his mother Lavinia Susannah Scott was opened for Stafford Leslie’s interment.

Grave Transcription:
On the right side of Epitaph:
ALSO
S.L. (PAT)
THEIR YOUNGEST SON
PASSED AWAY 1st DEC. 1955
AGED 54 YEARS.

Father: William Proctor Scott. Born 5th October 1856 at ‘Eelup’, Bunbury Western Australia. Died 27th October 1930 at Bunbury, Western Australia.

Mother: Lavinia Susannah Higgins. Born ‘Springfield’, Capel, Western Australia. Died 7th February 1916 at ‘Roselands’, Stratham, Western Australia.

Grandparents (father): Robert Scott 18.4.1824 – 5.4.1907 and Jane Roberts c1835 – 7 June 1926

Grandparents (mother): Henry William Higgins 1823 – 1880 and Lavinia Gardiner 1837 1891

Siblings:

Eugene Henry William Scott. Born c1881 at Minninup, Western Australia. Died 24th February 1937 at ‘Irwin Farm’ Elgin, Western Australia.

Douglas Proctor Scott. Born c1883 at Minninup, Western Australia. Died 25th July 1916 at Pozieres, France while on active duty in WW1.

Godfrey Llewellyn Scott. Born c1885 at Minninup, Western Australia. Died 19th August 1974 at Armadale, Western Australia.

Wesley Lesley Robert Scott. Born 4th September 1887 at Minninup, Western Australia. Died 20th January at Elgin, Western Australia.

Percival James Scott. Born c1889 at Minninup, Western Australia. Died 5th May 1916 at Estaples Pas De Calais, France while on active duty in WW1.

Lavinina Jane (Dolly) Scott. Born 5th June 1892 at Minninup, Western Australia. Died 7th June 1978 at Como, Western Australia.

Rueben Gardiner (Dick) Scott. Born 26th February 1894 at Minninup, Western Australia. Died 17th March 1975 at Maniana, Western Australia.

Roy Stirling (Jimmy) Scott. Born c1897 at Minninup, Western Australia. Died 16th January 1967 at Woodlands Western Australia.

Half Siblings

Derek Scott. Born and died at Bunbury, Western Australia either 31st January 1921 or 1st January 1922. Lived 1 hour.

Alan Rogers Scott. Born 18th August 1923 at Bunbury, Western Australia. Died 8th July 2012 at Perth, Western Australia.

Ethel Joan (Joanie) Scott. Born 29th May 1925 at Bunbury, Western Australia. Died 19th September 2015 at Bunbury, Western Australia.

Spouse:

Children:

Occupation: Labourer

Military Service:

Their Story

Stafford Leslie Scott known as Pat was the 9th child of 9 children born to William Proctor Scott and
Lavinia Susannah Higgins. Pat had 7 brothers and 1 sister.

Little information is known of Pat. The 1925 electoral roll states Pat living at Jarrahwood in the
Sussex District, Western Australia and working as a labourer. His last place of residence before his
death was Yarloop, Western Australia. He died 1 December 1955 at Claremont, Western Australia.
Pat is interred in his mother’s grave in the family tombstone at the Capel Cemetery, Western
Australia.

Story compiled by Jennifer Scott. CDCP member

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Roselands – Stratham built 1858