CORRIGAN, Noel Aubrey

Noel Aubrey Corrigan was one of five children of Joseph and Catherine or Kathleen Corrigan, nee Finlayson. He was probably the youngest brother, with Signa Daphne, b.1887,  Joseph, b. 1890, Thomas Norman and one other. He was no doubt eager to enlist to go to war. He joined up on 12 April, 1915, and was in camp at Broadmeadows with the No. 4 Company on 20 April. He was 21 years old and by occupation, a tea packer. He had had previous military training with 58th Infantry, where he had served for five years prior to the war. the He gave as his next of kin his brother, living at 26 Canterbury St. Flemington.

Once at Broadmeadows for training, however, he proved to be unsuitable for life at the front. Three years before enlisting, he had fallen off a private pier at Port Melbourne, on to the point of his right shoulder and now had 'a loss of power in his right arm, swelling and deformity', treated by a doctor at Ascot Vale.

A Medical Board of Inquiry was held and the result was that 'The board finds that he has an atrophy of the muscles of the right shoulder girdle. The Board recommends discharge as permanently unfit.'

No more information exists in his service record, other than that he returned all his gear. His brothers, Joseph and Norman, both also enlisted and both served with the 24th Battalion.