Bill McCann

Bill McCann
Rayuwa
Cikakken suna	William Francis James McCann
Haihuwa	Glanville (en) , 19 ga Afirilu, 1892
ƙasa	Asturaliya
Mutuwa	Tusmore (en) , 14 Disamba 1957
Karatu
Makaranta	Makarantar Shari'a ta Adelaide
Sana'a
Sana'a	hafsa da Barrister
Kyaututtuka	gani Military Cross OBE Distinguished Service Order Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Aikin soja
Fannin soja	Australian Army (en)
Digiri	lieutenant colonel (en)
Ya faɗaci	Yakin Duniya na I Gallipoli campaign Battle of Pozières (en)

Laftanar Kanar William Francis James McCann, CMG , DSO , OBE , MC & Mashaya , JP (19 Afrilu 1892)– 14 ga Disamba 1957) soja ne na Australiya a Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, lauya ne, kuma fitaccen mutum a cikin sojoji da tsoffin sojoji na Kudancin Ostiraliya a lokacin yaƙin basasa. An haife shi kuma ya girma a Adelaide, ya yi aiki a matsayin malami kafin yaƙin. Ya shiga rundunar sojojin mallaka ta Australiya a matsayin mai zaman kansa a 1914, kuma ya tashi daga muƙamin da aka ba shi a lokacin yaƙin Gallipoli na 1915. A 1916–1918 ya yi yaƙi a Yammacin Gabar Tekun Faransa da Belgium, ya ji rauni sau biyu, kuma ya kai matsayin babban soja. Saboda jarumtarsa a lokacin yaƙin, an naɗa shi Abokin Hulɗa na Dokar Sabis Mai Kyau kuma an ba shi Gicciyen Soja sau biyu. Bayan yaƙin, ya yi aiki a matsayin kwamandan rundunar sojoji ta 10 har zuwa wargajewarta a 1919.

Da ya dawo gida, McCann ya zama lauya kuma ya kafa haɗin gwiwar shari'a tare da mai karɓar Victoria Cross Arthur Blackburn . McCann ya kasance mai aiki a cikin kungiyoyin ma'aikatan da suka dawo, a matsayin shugaban reshen Kudancin Australia na Returned Sailors' da Sojoji' Imperial League daga 1924 zuwa 1931, kuma a matsayin mataimakin shugaban jihar daga 1938 zuwa 1949. Ya kasance memba na tushe na Legacy Club na Adelaide, yana kula da masu dogaro da ma'aikatan da suka mutu. Ayyukansa a cikin Sojojin Sojojin Jama'a na ɗan lokaci ya gan shi ya kai matsayin Lieutenant Colonel kuma ya umurci Battalion na 43 tsakanin 1927 da 1930. An nada shi a matsayin kwamishinan farashin jihar da mataimakin kwamishinan farashi na Commonwealth daga 1938 zuwa 1954; a cikin 1946 an haɗa harin konewa a gidansa da aikinsa na sayar da baki a cikin waɗannan matsayi. Don nuna godiya ga aikinsa tare da tsoffin al'ummomin hidima, an nada McCann a matsayin Jami'in Order of the British Empire a 1935, kuma Aboki na Order of St Michael da St George a 1956.

Rayuwa ta farko

An haifi William Francis James McCann a Glanville, a wajen Adelaide, Kudancin Australia, a ranar 19 ga Afrilu 1892, ga direban injiniyar Jirgin kasa na Kudancin Australia John Francis McCann da matarsa Eliza, née Francis. Ya halarci makarantun firamare daban-daban sannan Adelaide High School, kuma ya kammala horar da malamai tare da Ma'aikatar Ilimi ta jihar a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1913. Ya koyar a Ethelton, Malvern da Glanville kafin barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na I. Kwarewarsa ta soja kafin yaƙin ya kunshi shekaru huɗu a cikin masu sa kai yayin da yake makaranta kuma yana shiga Jami'ar Adelaide Rifle Club yayin horar da malamai [1].[1][1]

Yaƙin Duniya na I

Yaƙin neman zaɓe na Gallipoli

McCann ya shiga cikin Australian Imperial Force (AIF) a ranar 24 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1914 a Morphettville, Kudancin Australia . An sanya shi a cikin Battalion na 10 na Kudancin Australia, wani ɓangare na Brigade na 3, a matsayin mai zaman kansa tare da lambar 405. A cikin mako guda an ɗaukaka shi zuwa sajan. rundunar ta tashi zuwa kasashen waje a watan Oktoba, kuma ta tashi ta hanyar Albany, Yammacin Australia, zuwa Masar, ta isa a farkon Disamba. Yayinda rundunar ke horo a Misira, an nada McCann a matsayin sajan a cikin Kamfanin D na battalion. Bayan kammala horo, an sanya Brigade na 3 a matsayin rundunar rufewa don saukowa a Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, a ranar 25 ga Afrilu 1915, don haka kuma brigade na farko a bakin teku game da 4:30 na safe. Kwanaki hudu bayan haka aka nada McCann a matsayin Babban sajan kamfanin. A wannan lokacin, Battalion na 10 ya sha wahala daga asarar jami'ai 13 da maza 453 daga jami'ai 29 da maza 921 da suka sauka. A ranar 19 ga watan Mayu rundunar ta taimaka wajen kawar da wani hari na Turkiyya da aka shirya a kan rundunar saukowa, bayan haka ta shiga cikin al'ada ta juyawa ta wurare daban-daban a cikin layin. Ayyukansa na musamman a lokacin 6 ga Mayu zuwa 28 ga Yuni ya sami McCann da yawa a cikin umarnin Sojojin Australiya da New Zealand. A watan Yulin, McCann da mafi yawan battalion sun sami hutawa na kwana uku a tsibirin Imbros, amma sun dawo cikin hanzari a cikin rami a Anzac. An ba McCann umurni a matsayin mataimakin na biyu a ranar 4 ga watan Agusta, lokacin da kusan rabin battalion suka kwashe rashin lafiya tare da cututtukan hanji. An ɗaukaka shi zuwa mataimakin a ranar 14 ga Nuwamba. McCann ya kasance a Anzac, yana aiki a matsayin jami'in leken sirri da sakonni har sai an janye rukunin zuwa tsibirin Lemnos a ƙarshen Nuwamba, sannan aka kwashe su zuwa Masar a watan da ya biyo baya.