Patrick Joseph "Pat" Lanigan OBE (1925 – 1992) was a senior Australian public servant and administrator.
Pat Lanigan was born on 20 February 1925 in North Fitzroy, Victoria,[1] the son of a Victorian Railways worker.
[2] He was raised in Hampton, Victoria, attending the St Kilda Christian Brothers College and later the University of Melbourne.
[3] Between September 1943 and December 1946, during World War II, Lanigan served in the 2/5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, in New Guinea.
[5] In response the department conducted controversial and disastrous dragnet raids,[3][5] and Lanigan's career suffered due to the scandal.