Bill McCann

Laftanar Kanar **William Francis James McCann**, CMG , DSO , OBE , MC & Mashaya , JP (19 Afrilu 1892)– 14 ga Disamba 1957) soja ne na Australiya a Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, lauya ne, kuma fitaccen mutum a cikin sojoji da tsoffin sojoji na Kudancin Ostiraliya a lokacin yaƙin basasa. An haife shi kuma ya girma a Adelaide, ya yi aiki a matsayin malami kafin yaƙin. Ya shiga rundunar sojojin mallaka ta Australiya a matsayin mai zaman kansa a 1914, kuma ya tashi daga muƙamin da aka ba shi a lokacin yaƙin Gallipoli na 1915. A 1916–1918 ya yi yaƙi a Yammacin Gabar Tekun Faransa da Belgium, ya ji rauni sau biyu, kuma ya kai matsayin babban soja. Saboda jarumtarsa a lokacin yaƙin, an naɗa shi Abokin Hulɗa na Dokar Sabis Mai Kyau kuma an ba shi Gicciyen Soja sau biyu. Bayan yaƙin, ya yi aiki a matsayin kwamandan rundunar sojoji ta 10 har zuwa wargajewarta a 1919.

Da ya dawo gida, McCann ya zama lauya kuma ya kafa haɗin gwiwar shari'a tare da mai karɓar Victoria Cross Arthur Blackburn . McCann ya kasance mai aiki a cikin kungiyoyin ma'aikatan da suka dawo, a matsayin shugaban reshen Kudancin Australia na Returned Sailors' da Sojoji' Imperial League daga 1924 zuwa 1931, kuma a matsayin mataimakin shugaban jihar daga 1938 zuwa 1949. Ya kasance memba na tushe na Legacy Club na Adelaide, yana kula da masu dogaro da ma'aikatan da suka mutu. Ayyukansa a cikin Sojojin Sojojin Jama'a na ɗan lokaci ya gan shi ya kai matsayin Lieutenant Colonel kuma ya umurci Battalion na 43 tsakanin 1927 da 1930. An nada shi a matsayin kwamishinan farashin jihar da mataimakin kwamishinan farashi na Commonwealth daga 1938 zuwa 1954; a cikin 1946 an haɗa harin konewa a gidansa da aikinsa na sayar da baki a cikin waɗannan matsayi. Don nuna godiya ga aikinsa tare da tsoffin al'ummomin hidima, an nada McCann a matsayin Jami'in Order of the British Empire a 1935, kuma Aboki na Order of St Michael da St George a 1956.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi William Francis James McCann a Glanville, a wajen Adelaide, Kudancin Australia, a ranar 19 ga Afrilu 1892, ga direban injiniyar Jirgin kasa na Kudancin Australia John Francis McCann da matarsa Eliza, née Francis. Ya halarci makarantun firamare daban-daban sannan Adelaide High School, kuma ya kammala horar da malamai tare da Ma'aikatar Ilimi ta jihar a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1913. Ya koyar a Ethelton, Malvern da Glanville kafin barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na I. Kwarewarsa ta soja kafin yaƙin ya kunshi shekaru huɗu a cikin masu sa kai yayin da yake makaranta kuma yana shiga Jami'ar Adelaide Rifle Club yayin horar da malamai [1].[1][1]

## Yaƙin Duniya na I

### Yaƙin neman zaɓe na Gallipoli
McCann ya shiga cikin Australian Imperial Force (AIF) a ranar 24 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1914 a Morphettville, Kudancin Australia . An sanya shi a cikin Battalion na 10 na Kudancin Australia, wani ɓangare na Brigade na 3, a matsayin mai zaman kansa tare da lambar 405. A cikin mako guda an ɗaukaka shi zuwa sajan. rundunar ta tashi zuwa kasashen waje a watan Oktoba, kuma ta tashi ta hanyar Albany, Yammacin Australia, zuwa Masar, ta isa a farkon Disamba. Yayinda rundunar ke horo a Misira, an nada McCann a matsayin sajan a cikin Kamfanin D na battalion. Bayan kammala horo, an sanya Brigade na 3 a matsayin rundunar rufewa don saukowa a Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, a ranar 25 ga Afrilu 1915, don haka kuma brigade na farko a bakin teku game da 4:30 na safe. Kwanaki hudu bayan haka aka nada McCann a matsayin Babban sajan kamfanin. A wannan lokacin, Battalion na 10 ya sha wahala daga asarar jami'ai 13 da maza 453 daga jami'ai 29 da maza 921 da suka sauka. A ranar 19 ga watan Mayu rundunar ta taimaka wajen kawar da wani hari na Turkiyya da aka shirya a kan rundunar saukowa, bayan haka ta shiga cikin al'ada ta juyawa ta wurare daban-daban a cikin layin. Ayyukansa na musamman a lokacin 6 ga Mayu zuwa 28 ga Yuni ya sami McCann da yawa a cikin umarnin Sojojin Australiya da New Zealand. A watan Yulin, McCann da mafi yawan battalion sun sami hutawa na kwana uku a tsibirin Imbros, amma sun dawo cikin hanzari a cikin rami a Anzac. An ba McCann umurni a matsayin mataimakin na biyu a ranar 4 ga watan Agusta, lokacin da kusan rabin battalion suka kwashe rashin lafiya tare da cututtukan hanji. An ɗaukaka shi zuwa mataimakin a ranar 14 ga Nuwamba. McCann ya kasance a Anzac, yana aiki a matsayin jami'in leken sirri da sakonni har sai an janye rukunin zuwa tsibirin Lemnos a ƙarshen Nuwamba, sannan aka kwashe su zuwa Masar a watan da ya biyo baya.

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