John Rutherford Gordon

John Rutherford Gordon
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Gilberton (en) , 18 ga Yuni, 1895
Mutuwa	Daw Park (en) , 11 Disamba 1978
Ƴan uwa
Mahaifi	David John Gordon
Ahali	Douglas Peel Gordon (en)
Karatu
Makaranta	Kwalejin St Peter, Adelaide
Sana'a
Sana'a	flying ace (en)
Kyaututtuka	gani Military Cross
Aikin soja
Fannin soja	British Army (en)
Ya faɗaci	Yakin Duniya na I Yakin Duniya na II

Kwamandan Runduna John Rutherford Gordon MC (18 Yuni 1895 - 11 Disamba 1978) ɗan wasan jirgin sama ne na Australiya wanda aka yaba masa da nasarori goma sha biyar a sararin samaniya yayin da yake aiki a matsayin mai lura/mai harbi a rundunar jiragen sama ta Australiya.

Rayuwar Farko da Tarihi

An haifi Gordon a Gilberton, wani yanki na Adelaide, Kudancin Ostiraliya, ɗan ɗan siyasa David John Gordon . Ya girma a Unley, [1] kuma ya yi karatu a Makarantar Sakandare ta Adelaide [2] da Kwalejin St Peter.[1] A lokacin da yake makaranta ya yi shekaru shida a matsayin memba na Cadet Corps, sannan kuma shekara guda a matsayin memba na Citizens Forces, yana aiki a cikin Rundunar Sojoji ta 74.[2] A lokacin da Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya ya ɓarke a watan Agusta na 1914, yana aiki a magatakarda.[1]

Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya

A ranar 20 ga Agusta, 1914, Gordon ya shiga Bataliya ta 10 a Morphettville, Kudancin Ostiraliya. A ranar 28 ga Agusta, saboda gogewarsa ta baya a fannin soja, an kara masa matsayi zuwa mukamin sajan na riƙo, kuma an tabbatar da hakan a ranar 1 ga Satumba. A ranar 20 ga Oktoba, Bataliya ta 10 ta yi tafiya daga Adelaide a cikin jirgin HMAT Ascanius (A11) daga ƙarshe ta sauka a Masar. Bayan ƙarin horo, bataliya ta yi tafiya a matsayin wani ɓangare na Brigade ta 3 zuwa tsibirin Lemnos na Girka a farkon Maris 1915. Gordon, tare da sauran Brigade ta 3, ya yi tafiya daga Lemnos a ranar 24 ga Afrilu, 1915, ya sauka a Anzac Cove a Gallipoli da sanyin safiyar ranar. A matsayin sajan a Sashe na 1, Platoon na 1, Kamfanin "A", Gordon ya yi aiki a matsayin Bataliya Scout kuma yana cikin mutanen farko da suka sauka a bakin teku. An mayar da shi Sashen Bindigogi na Inji a ƙarshen watan Yuni, kuma aka naɗa shi Laftanar na biyu a ranar 4 ga Agusta.

A ranar 20 ga watan Agusta, an kwantar da Gordon a asibiti daga Galliopi, kuma an kwantar da shi a Asibitin Tasha na New Zealand da ke Port Said, Masar, a ranar 24 ga watan da muke ciki yana fama da zazzabin ciki. An tura shi gida zuwa Ostiraliya don murmurewa ya isa can a ranar 17 ga Oktoba a cikin jirgin HMAT <i id="mwaw">Ceramic</i> . A ranar 8 ga Maris 1916 aka tabbatar da lafiyarsa a fannin lafiya kuma aka tura shi aikin daukar ma'aikata.

A ranar 26 ga Afrilu 1917 ya nemi shiga rundunar jiragen sama ta Australian Flying Corps, kuma a ranar 1 ga Mayu aka naɗa shi laftanar na biyu a AIF, wanda aka bai wa AFC. Gordon ya fara horon matukan jirgi a RAAF Point Cook, wanda bai iya kammalawa ba saboda dalilai na lafiya. Duk da haka, a ranar 21 ga Yuni, Gordon ya hau jirgin HMAT Suevic (A29) a Melbourne, ya kuma yi tafiya zuwa Ingila, inda ya isa Liverpool a ranar 26 ga Agusta. A ranar 4 ga Satumba, aka tura Gordon zuwa AFC Depot da ke Halton Camp, kuma a ranar 28 ga Disamba aka naɗa shi jami'in tashi (mai lura).

Gordon da Bill Staton (a tsaye) tare da Bristol Fighter, mai lamba 62 Squadron RFC, Cachy, Faransa, a cikin 1918.