The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Scott
- First Name:
- Stanley Gordon
- Nick Name:
- Known as 'Badger' to his family
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX17899
- Company:
- ‘E’ Company, Special Reserve Battalion
- Enlisted:
- 3.12.1941
- DOB:
- 13.01.1921
- Place of Birth:
- Westonia, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Edward Alexander Scott
- Mothers's Name:
- Amy Scott
- Religion:
- Church of England
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Butcher
- Memorial:
- Epitaph, Singapore Memorial, Column 136, Age 21.
- Cause of Death:
- Killed in Action
- Place of Death:
- South-West Bukit Timah
- Date of Death:
- 11.02.1942
General Description
Stanley Gordon Scott known as ‘Badger’ to his family was one of five sons born to Amy France and John William ‘Will’ Scott who married 1910 Fremantle. Stan’s eldest brother died at the age of 12 years in 1924 and his father Will Scott died the following year in 1925 aged about 35 years. Stan would have been about 4 years old.
Amy Scott (nee France) remarried in 1928 to Edwin ‘Ted’ A Scott, brother of John ‘William’.
Stan Scott enlisted 3 December 1941 from Mt. Hawthorn where he had been employed as a butcher – He was selected with reinforcements for 2/4th MGB and in less than three months aged of 21 years he was KIA at South-West Bukit Timah. When he left WA on ‘Aquitania’ 16 January for Singapore Stan would barely have had sufficient training in the previous weeks to be prepared for war. His young death was a tragedy and one of many from ‘E’ Company.
Please read about ‘E’ Company
One of Stan’s brother also enlisted. Leonard ‘Len’ Thomas Scott fortunately survived WW2 to return home to his family.
Stan married Dorothy Constance McNamara in 1941.
Stan’s mother died in 1960, Perth.
