P. C. "Pete" Pearson

Peter C. "Pete" Pearson (16 Janairu 1877 - 10 Satumba 1929) ɗan Australiya ne mai kula da wasan farauta, kuma ƙwararren mafarauci a Gabashin Afirka..

Peter C. "Pete" Pearson (16 Janairu 1877 - 10 Satumba 1929) ɗan Australiya ne mai kula da wasan farauta, kuma ƙwararren mafarauci a Gabashin Afirka...

An haifi Pearson a Melbourne a shekara ta 1877, ya yi karatu a makarantar Caulfield Grammar School amma bai iya zama a cikin rayuwa a Melbourne ba kuma yana da shekaru 18 ya bar gida ya yi tafiya a Ostiraliya don neman kasada. A cikin waɗannan shekarun Pearson ya yi tafiya a ko'ina cikin Ostiraliya sosai, yana aiki a ayyuka daban-daban ciki har da mataimakin mai binciken ƙasa a Gippsland, mai gyaran gyare-gyare a New South Wales da Queensland da kuma mai hakar ma'adinai a Broken Hill .

Domin.ya isa ga Yaƙin Boer, a cikin 1900 Pearson ya ba da kansa a matsayin talakawa a cikin jirgin ruwa don zuwa Afirka ta Kudu. Bayan sun isa Durban ma'aikatan kawai sun yi dariya game da bukatar da ya yi na a bar shi a bakin teku don haka ya yanke shawarar yin iyo, bayan ya yi iyo 200 yadudduka (180 ya lura da fuka-fukan shark yana yin beeline zuwa gare shi, bayan wasu gwagwarmaya ya sami nasarar riƙe wani yanki na driftwood da paddle a bakin teku, sharks da yawa da ke kewaye da shi a duk hanyar. Bayan ya isa Afirka ta Kudu, Pearson ya sami nasarar shiga rundunar sojan doki zuwa ƙarshen yaƙin.