CORRIGAN, John Herbert
| Service Number: | 6248 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, 14 January 1886 |
| Home Town: | Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Driver |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 20 May 1917, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Wellington Cenotaph, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6248, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6248, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
John Herbert CORRIGAN, (Service Number 6248) was born on 14 January 1886 at Wellington. He began work as a call boy at the locomotive depot in his hometown on 28 April 1901, and by August had progressed to cleaner, and then fireman by 1908. He had a brief return to cleaner in the middle of that year, but by 1912 had become a driver. This was the rank he held when he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces on 11 May 1916. At that time, he was not married.
Submitted 7 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
John Herbert CORRIGAN, (Service Number 6248) was born on 14th January 1886 at Wellington, NSW. He began work as a call boy at the locomotive depot in Wellington on 28th April 1901. By August he had progressed to cleaner, and then fireman by 1908. He had a brief return to cleaner in the middle of that year, but by 1912 had become a driver. This was the rank he held when he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces on 11th May 1916. At that time, he was not married.
He left Australia from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Euripides’ on 9th September 1916 and reached Plymouth (England) on 26th October. He went to France on 4th February 1917 and joined the 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion.
He received severe gunshot wounds to his chest on 4th May and was admitted to the 6th General Hospital at Rouen. He caught pneumonia and he died of his wounds at 5.15 pm. on 20th May.
He was buried in the St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen.
His widowed mother, Kate was awarded a pension of £2 per fortnight.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.