William Stansfield (Jami'in jirgin kasa)

William Stansfield  (19 Nuwamba 1874 – 19 Mayu 1946) ɗan asalin Birtaniya ne wanda ya zama jami’in jirgin ƙasa a Queensland State Railways a Ostiraliya. Ya shiga Rundunar Sojin Ostiraliya kuma ya yi yaƙi a Gallipoli da Gabas ta Tsakiya a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya."

 Farkon Rayuwa 
An haifi Stansfield a shekara ta 1874 a Wadsworth, Todmorden, Yorkshire, ɗan Mitchell Stansfield, mai yin takalma, da Margaret Ann Stansfield (née Forrester). Shi zuriyar dangin Stansfield ne daga Stansfield, Yorkshire. Iyalin sun yi ƙaura zuwa Queensland a shekara ta 1887. An yi wa Stansfield karatu a Makarantar Kelvin Grove State, Brisbane, sannan ya yi aiki a Queensland State Railways daga 1898 zuwa 1914.
Gallipoli, jim kaɗan bayan saukar runduna a 25 Afrilu 1915.

 Sana'a 
A shekarar 1900, Stansfield ya shiga Moreton Regiment, sannan ya koma Australian Army Service Corps a 1905, inda ya zama second lieutenant a 1911. Ya sake shiga First Australian Imperial Force a 1914 kuma aka naɗa shi a matsayin jami’in kayayyakin abinci na 1st Light Horse Brigade. Lokacin da aka sauka a Gallipoli a watan Mayu 1915, shi ne ya jagoranci cibiyar rarraba kayayyakin abinci ta bakin teku na New Zealand and Australian Division.

An ɗaga matsayin Stansfield zuwa major a 1916, lokacin da Sir Harry Chauvel ya kafa ANZAC Mounted Division a Misira a watan Maris 1916, inda shi ne ya kula da kayan abinci da kayayyaki a lokacin hare-haren 1916–17 da suka dakile hare-haren Turawa zuwa Suez. Stansfield ya haura zuwa matsayin lieutenant colonel, sannan Chauvel ya naɗa shi a matsayin Mataimakin Daraktan Kayayyakin Abinci da Sufuri na Desert Mounted Corps daga 1917. An ba shi Distinguished Service Order (DSO) a watan Disamba 1917.

A shekarar 1918, Stansfield ya rika samar da kayan abinci da kayayyaki ga Desert Mounted Corps a Jordan Valley da kuma a lokacin yaƙin Megiddo da kama Damascus da Aleppo. Saboda “himma da ƙwarewarsa ba tare da gajiyawa ba,” an naɗa Stansfield a matsayin Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) kuma aka ambace shi a cikin rahotannin soji sau uku tsakanin 1917 da 1919.
Bayan an sallame shi daga soja a 1919, Stansfield ya koma aikin jirgin ƙasa na Queensland State Railways. Sir Harry Chauvel ya ziyarci Brisbane daga baya a cikin shekarar, inda ya tuntubi shugaban harkokin jiragen ƙasa na Queensland, wanda ya ɗaga matsayin Stansfield zuwa mai sa ido kan Passenger Rolling Stock daga 1920. A lokacin ziyarar sarauta ta Yaron Wales, Prince Henry da Duke tare da Duchess of York a 1927 da 1934, Stansfield shi ne Jami’in Sufurin Jiha na Queensland.
Stansfield ya shiga Runduna ta 1, Australian Military Forces, a 1921. An ɗaga matsayin sa daga Captain zuwa Lieutenant Colonel a 1922. An ba shi lambar girmamawa ta Volunteer Officers' Decoration (VD). Ya yi ritaya a 1937 a matsayin honorary colonel, amma ya dawo aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Daraktan Remounts, Northern Command, a 1939, sannan a matsayin Jami’in Haɗin Gwiwa na Civil and Military Defence, kafin ya yi ritaya na ƙarshe a 1941. Stansfield ya rasu a ranar 19 Mayu 1946.
 Iyali 
Stansfield ya auri Amy Louisa Rogers a shekarar 1897 kuma suna da ’ya’ya 5.
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