Walter Lewis Bridgland

Walter Lewis Bridgland AM OBE JP (23 Maris 1908 - 30 Yuli 1987) ya kasance fitaccen ɗan kasuwa na Kudancin Australia kuma Ubangiji Magajin garin Adelaide.

 Tarihi 
An haifi Wally a garin ma'adinai na Greenbushes, Yammacin Ostiraliya, inda iyayensa da suka yi aure Harrie Walter Bridgland (31 ga Mayu 1879 - 17 ga Oktoba 1947) da Hannah Maud Bridgland, née Cohen, (1876 - 13 ga Yuni 1958) suka kafa kantin sayar da kayayyaki. Bayan shekara guda sai suka koma Adelaide, suna zaune a yawancin rayuwarsa ta farko a Barnard Street, Arewacin Adelaide gidan kakanni masu karɓar baƙi Lewis da Selina Cohen; mahaifiyarsa ta taimaka wajen gudanar da gidan. A kusa da 1925 Cohens sun koma wani gida a Colley Terrace, Glenelg da iyayen Wally sun koma 59 Partridge Street, Glenelg

Ya kasance dalibi a Pulteney Street School (daga baya ya zama Pulteney Grammar School), sannan a Kwalejin Sarauniya a Arewacin Adelaide . Ya yi fice a wasan motsa jiki na makaranta, wasan kurket da kwallon kafa amma kamar mahaifinsa, sha'awarsa ita ce yin iyo, daga ƙarshe ya zama shugaban kasa kuma memba na rayuwa na SA Amateur Swimming Association. A shekara ta 1932 ya taimaka wajen ceton mutumin da ke nitsewa a cikin teku a Glenelg  kuma Royal Humane Society ta ba shi lambar yabo. Gidansa na mafi yawan rayuwarsa ya kasance a Pier Street Glenelg, kawai 'yan mintoci kaɗan daga rairayin bakin teku.

Wally ya shiga Cadets yayin da yake makarantar sakandare, sannan bayan ya bar makaranta a 1924, yayin da yake aiki a matsayin mai lissafi na kamfanin kudi na mahAIF, ya shiga CMF, kuma ya yi aiki a cikin AIF a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, da farko tare da Light Horse Regiment, wanda ya zama Armoured Corps. Saboda kwarewarsa a CMF ya sami kwamiti kuma daga baya ya zama kyaftin. An tura shi zuwa RAEME a cikin Kamfanin Docks Operating Company wanda ke kula da tashar jiragen ruwa a Madang. Daga baya an tura shi a wani otal a Willunga a matsayin mai kula da POWs na Italiya waɗanda ke aiki a gonaki a kudancin Adelaide. Bayan yakin ya koma CMF, ya yi ritaya a shekara ta 1957.

A shekara ta 1946, bayan rushewa, ya kafa kasuwanci a 91a Gawler Place "W. L. Bridgland yara kayan aiki" yana sayar da kayan yara. Shagon ya girma ya ƙware a cikin kayan wasa, kayan wasa da abubuwan shaƙatawa. Ɗansa Michael ya shiga kasuwancin a shekara ta 1951 kuma an sanya shi abokin tarayya a shekara ta 1957 kuma an buɗe shagon na biyu a cikin 81 Gawler Place wanda ke ƙwarewa a cikin samfuran, musamman ma an buɗe jiragen ƙasa masu salo kuma kamar yadda "Bridgland's Hobbies" ya zama hanyarsu kawai a wani lokaci a kusa da 1970. Kasuwancin ya rufe a shekarar 1986.

 Manazarta 
"Rescue From Drowning At Glenelg". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 23 April 1932. p. 17. Retrieved 31 August 2012
Rukuni:Mutuwan 1987