Leon Goldsworthy

Leonard Verdi Goldsworthy, George Cross">GC, DSC, GM (19 ga Janairu 1909 - 7 ga Agusta 1994), wanda aka fi sani da Leon Goldsworthy, ya kasance fitaccen masanin bam da ma'adinai na Australiya a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu kuma mai karɓar George Cross, lambar yabo mafi girma don ayyukan da "ba a fuskar abokan gaba ba" wanda za'a iya ba wa mutanen Burtaniya ko Commonwealth. An ba shi lambar yabo ta GC don kawar da ma'adanai huɗu na ƙasa na Jamus, ma'adinai uku na magnetic da ma'aunin sauti guda ɗaya a cikin yanayi mai wahala a cikin watanni goma.

A ƙarshen yaƙin, Goldsworthy ya sami matsayin mataimakin kwamandan kuma shi ne jami'in sojan ruwa mafi daraja a Ostiraliya. Ya koma gidansa a Perth, Yammacin Ostiraliya kuma ya shiga cikin kasuwancin alamar lantarki.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Goldsworthy a ranar 19 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1909 a Broken Hill, New South Wales, ɗan Alfred Goldsworthy da Eva Jane Goldsworthy (née Riggs).  Yayinda yake girma ya kasance mai kokawa da kuma mai wasan motsa jiki. Ya yi karatu a makarantar sakandare ta Kapunda, ta Kudu Australia, sannan daga baya ya tafi makarantar Adelaide School of Mines kafin ya halarci Jami'ar Adelaide, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai fasaha a Sashen Physics. Bayan kammala karatunsa, ya koma Yammacin Ostiraliya kuma ya shiga kasuwancin alamun lantarki. A ranar 4 ga Nuwamba 1939, Goldsworthy ta auri Maud E. Rutherford; daga baya ma'aurata suka haifi 'yar, Pamela.

 Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu 
Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Royal Australian da farko ta ki amincewa da Goldsworthy saboda karamin tsayinsa, amma ya sake yin amfani da shi kuma an yarda da shi a matsayin mataimakin mataimakin mai ba da gudummawa a cikin Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve a ranar 24 ga Maris 1941. Watanni biyu bayan haka ya isa Ingila don kammala horo.
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1994
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1909