Arthur Coles

Sir Arthur William "AW" Coles (7 ga Agusta 1892 – 14 ga Yuni 1982) fitaccen ɗan kasuwa ne kuma mai taimakon jama'a na ƙasar Australiya, ɗan St James, mai shagon Victoria George W. Coles (ya mutu a shekara ta 1932).

Tare da 'yan uwansa George James "GJ" (1885 – 1977), Kenneth Frank "KF" (1896 – 1985), Edgar Barton "EB" (1899 – 1981), da kuma Norman Cameron "NC" Coles (1907 – 1989), AW Coles sun kafa Coles Variety Stores a shekarun 1920, wanda aka tsara zai zama Coles Group, ɗaya daga cikin manyan shagunan manyan kantuna guda biyu a Ostiraliya.

Ya yi aiki a matsayin Magajin Garin Melbourne daga 1938 zuwa 1940.

A shekarar 1940 aka zaɓe shi a majalisar tarayya a matsayin ɗan ƙasa mai zaman kansa daga Henty. Tare da Alexander Wilson, ya riƙe madaidaitan iko, da farko ya riƙe gwamnatin ƙasa ta UAP a kan mulki, amma a shekarar 1941 ya sauya sheka don kafa sabuwar gwamnatin jam'iyyar Labour ta Australiya.

A shekarar 1946, an naɗa Coles a matsayin shugaban Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Sama ta Ƙasa ta Australiya, wadda ta kafa Kamfanin Jiragen Sama na Trans Australia (wanda daga baya aka fi sani da Kamfanin Jiragen Sama na Australia, wanda ya zama reshen Qantas na cikin gida).

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Arthur Coles a Geelong, Victoria kuma ya yi karatu a wata babbar makarantar sakandare mai zaman kanta. Kwalejin Geelong. Lokacin da Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya ya fara, Coles ya shiga aikin soja, yana yaƙi a Gallipoli da kuma Yammacin Gabar Tekun Faransa, kuma an raunata shi sau uku kafin a naɗa shi Laftanar."Cr. Coles Joins the U.A.P." The West Australian. 27 June 1941.

 Shagunan Coles Iri-iri 
Coles ya koma Ostiraliya a shekarar 1919 ya auri Lillian Knight. Ya haɗu da 'yan'uwa biyu da kawunsa don buɗe shagon iri-iri a Collingwood, wani yanki na ma'aikata a Melbourne. Yana aiki a kan taken "Babu abin da ya wuce 2/6", kasuwancin ya bunƙasa cikin sauri. Iyalin sun buɗe jerin sabbin Shagunan Coles Variety a faɗin ƙasar, Arthur ya ƙaura zuwa Sydney a shekarar 1928 don buɗewa da kuma kula da na farko a New South Wales. A shekarar 1931, a lokacin da tattalin arzikin ƙasar ya yi tsami, ya koma Melbourne don zama manajan darakta, mukamin da ya riƙe har zuwa 1944. GJ Coles & Co ya zama babban dillali a Ostiraliya.

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Category:Mutuwan 1982