John Rutherford Gordon

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). 

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