Norman Mighell

Sir Norman Rupert Mighell KCMG (12 June 1894 – 13 April 1955) was an Australian ANZAC Officer, Gallipoli survivor, company director, public servant, and diplomat.

As a sergeant in the 15th Battalion, he was among the first Australian troops to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, sustaining severe wounds which plagued him for the rest of his life.

[3] Sir Norman was the Country and Progressive National Party candidate for the seat of Herbert in the 1926 Queensland state election.

[5] Mighell was also a foundation member (1928) of the Brisbane Legacy Club and president (1928–29) of the Queensland branch of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia.

Fearing that ex-servicemen and women might lose more than they gained, he resisted moves in the late 1930s to reform repatriation legislation, particularly the proposal to subject war pensioners to a means test.

During World War II he warned the government against permitting people with disabilities to enlist in the armed forces because they might later qualify for pensions.

In 1943 he chaired the committee whose recommendations on the resettlement of armed services personnel formed the basis for the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme.