Thomas Joseph CORRIGAN

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CORRIGAN, Thomas Joseph

Service Number:	41239
Enlisted:	16 June 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	6 Recruit Centre
Born:	North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 24 February 1903
Home Town:	Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Napier Street State School
Occupation:	Registrar of Public Assistance with the Northcote City Council
Died:	Illness, Heidelberg, Victoria, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 January 1943, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 1.S.D.12
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Town Hall Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

16 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 6 Recruit Centre, 1 Recruit Centre Melbourne
16 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 41239
9 Jan 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 41239, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Thomas Joseph and Amelia Louise Corrigan

Husband of Alice Corrigan of Northcote, Victoria

Sergeant Corrigan was a former VFL football player who upon his enlistment in the RAAF was employed at Number 1 Recruit Centre in Melbourne

During his service in the RAAF he travelled to New Guinea on a number of occasions; this qualified as overseas service, which made his widow, Alice, eligible for a War Widow's pension.

He died of peritonitis caused by a burst appendix at Number 6 RAAF Hospital in Heidelberg following misdiagnosis of his condition which delayed treatment.

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