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Patrick Corrigan, AM (born 9 September 1932), is an Australian businessman, art collector, jazz enthusiast and philanthropist. == Early life == Corrigan was born at Hangkow (now Hankou, part of the city of Wuhan), central China, to British parents Leonard and Amelie (née Wolnizer) Corrigan. Leonard Corrigan worked for the shipping conglomerate Jardine Matheson, one of the original Hong Kong trading houses or Hongs. In 1935 the Corrigan family moved to Tientsin (now Tianjin), northern China. On 30 July 1937, Tientsin fell to Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War, but was not occupied entirely as the Japanese continued to respect foreign concessions until 1941, when the United States entered the Second World War. Following rumours of Japan's imminent entrance into the War, the local British authorities encouraged evacuation of its citizens and the Corrigan family decided to seek refuge in Australia. Corrigan and his mother were granted a travel permit and left mainland China ahead of his father aboard the SS Fausang,〔Ship's history available at ''Clydebuilt database'', () Retrieved 17 January 2014〕 which was captured in the Battle of Hong Kong on 8 December 1941, the same day as the attack on Pearl Harbor. Corrigan and his mother subsequently spent four years in the Stanley Internment Camp during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Corrigan has reflected on his life at this time: the movie ‘''Empire of the Sun''' almost duplicates my life in the camp. I was the same age as the boy … and we did things that you see in 'Empire of the Sun' … we used to go under the barbed wire and steal vegetables from the Japanese vegetable garden and come back … it's just amazing, it's like watching yourself when you watch that movie.〔Littlewood, Robert, "Early Life" paragraph 21, ''Bookplates for Pat Corrigan & Family'', Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Melbourne, 2014〕 After the Japanese surrender in 1945, they were liberated by Australian Navy minesweeper personnel. Corrigan's father had also been interred in a POW camp on mainland China, near Beijing, and was liberated after the surrender. After the end of World War II the Australian government established the Federal Department of Immigration. The early policies of post-war immigration to Australia favoured British and Baltic nationals. In 1946, Corrigan and his mother sailed to Australia on the SS ''Tamaroa''〔Ship's history available at ''New Zealand Maritime Index'', () Retrieved 17 January 2014〕 along with other liberated military POWs, and the family was finally reunited. As displaced persons the family resided in a migrant hostel〔''National Archives of Australia'', "Migrant hostels in New South Wales, 1946–78" () Retrieved 17 January 2014〕 in St Mary's, Sydney until their immigration paperwork was finalised. Having lost his place at Sydney's Cranbrook High School due to the war, Corrigan and his family moved initially to Springwood where he attended the Blue Mountains Grammar School. He completed his Intermediate Certificate examination〔''NSW Government: Education and Communities'', "Government Schools of NSW from 1848", () Retrieved 17 January 2014〕 in 1948 at the age of 15, after which he left school to take up employment at a Unilever subsidiary. On 19 September 1950 Corrigan joined the Royal Australian Naval reserve and served three years.〔Royal Australian Naval Reserve Certificate of Service, Official Number S/10895 (Corrigan personal papers)〕 He was granted Australian citizenship in 1960.〔Commonwealth of Australia Certificate of Registration as an Australian Citizen, dated 26 August 1960, Certificate No. C (1) 4702 (Corrigan personal papers)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patrick Corrigan (businessman)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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