Cora Roberton

**Cora Beattie Roberton**, RRC ( née **Anderson** ; 4 Maris 1881 - 24 Satumban shekarar 1962) wata ƙawata ce ta New Zealand ma'aikaciyar jinya wacce ta gudanar da asibitoci da yawa na Allied a Burtaniya a lokacin yakin duniya na farko . Da shigewar lokaci, an nada ta shugabar kowane babban asibiti na sojojin New Zealand da suka ji rauni a Ingila.

Tana da shekaru 21 tana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka tsira daga bala'in jirgin ruwa na Australiya lokacin da ya nutse a gabar tekun New Zealand a shekarar 1902. Bayan sun yi karon, jirgin ceto na ƙarshe ya ɗauke ta don barin jirgin da ke nutsewa.

## Rayuwa da aiki
An haifi **Cora Beattie Anderson** a Auckland a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'ya takwas na Annie Buchanan kuma injiniyan birni William Anderson, ta halarci Makarantar Grammar Girls na gida daga shekarar 1895 zuwa 1898.   

A ranar 9 ga Nuwamban shekarar 1902, an ceto Anderson a cikin jirgin ruwa na ƙarshe don tashi daga jirgin ruwa  wanda ya nutse a nisan mil 35 daga gabar tekun New Zealand. An kubutar da ita ne a lokacin da take tsaye a cikin ruwa mai zurfi a kan tulun da ke nutsewa, kuma ta shafe tsawon sa'o'i 25, cikin kunci da sanyi sosai a cikin budadden kwale-kwalen, kafin ya samu busasshiyar ƙasa. Daga cikin fasinjoji 136 da suka yi rajista a cikin jirgin, adadin wadanda suka mutu a hadarin sun hada da fasinjoji 28 da ma'aikatan jirgin 17, waɗanda da yawa daga cikinsu sun mutu sakamakon nutsewa ko fallasa su. An ba da cikakkun bayanai game da kwarewarta a cikin takardun gida.  

Anderson ta ci gaba da karatun aikin jinya, inda ta sauke karatu daga Asibitin Thames a 1909 kuma ta kammala horar da ungozoma a Asibitin St Helen da ke Auckland. A cikin 1910 an naɗa ta matron na Gidan Maternity na Townley a Gisborne, kuma a cikin 1912 ta zama ma'aikaciyar jinya ga majinyatan Māori a gundumar Rotorua ..

### Sabis na yaki
Tare da barkewar yakin duniya na farko a watan Agusta shekarar 1914, an zaɓi Anderson don yin hidima a cikin ma'aikatan jinya 50 na farko da aka aika zuwa Ingila tare da Sabis na Ma'aikatan jinya na New Zealand (NZANS) a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Ofishin Yaƙin Burtaniya.  Tana da shekaru 34 lokacin da ƙungiyar ta ta tashi zuwa London a ranar 8 ga Afrilu 1915. Ba da daɗewa ba suka bar Ingila zuwa wani asibiti a Alkahira, Masar, inda suka yi jinyar ɗaruruwan sojoji da suka ji rauni a lokacin yaƙin neman zaɓe na Gallipoli . 

A cikin Yunin shekarar 1916, an mayar da Anderson zuwa Ingila kuma aka ƙara masa girma zuwa matron don ta iya kula da Babban Asibitin New Zealand na 1 a Brockenhurst . A cikin Disamban shekarar 1916, ta zama matron na No. 3 New Zealand General Hospital a Codford a Salisbury Plain sa'an nan, a cikin Afrilun shekarar 1917, ta zama matron na Hornchurch Convalescent Asibitin a Essex, kusa da London. Wannan wurin zai iya kula da marasa lafiya har zuwa 2,500 kuma yana kula da marasa lafiya 400 a rana a cikin sashin kula da lafiyar jiki. Ya zuwa 1918, kusan marasa lafiya 20,000 ne aka yi musu magani a Hornchurch. A ƙarshe an nada Anderson a matsayin matron kowane ɗayan manyan asibitocin New Zealand a Ingila. 

A cikin shekarar 1917, Ministan Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a ya ba da shawarar cewa Anderson ya sami horo na musamman don gudanar da maganin sa barci, wanda a wancan lokacin, likitoci ne kawai aka ba wa marasa lafiya ba ma'aikatan jinya ba.  Saboda rashin lafiyarta a cikin shekarar 1919, an aika Anderson zuwa hutu zuwa New Zealand kuma an sallame ta daga ayyukanta na hukuma duk da cewa ta ci gaba da zama a Sabis da Reserve na wucin gadi na NZANS har sai da ta yi ritaya a 1921. Gabaɗaya, ta yi hidima a ƙasashen waje fiye da shekaru huɗu. Bayan yakin, Anderson ya zama Shugaban Reshen Auckland na Return Army Nursing Sisters Association na da yawa sharudda. 

### Rayuwa ta sirri
A 1 Oktoban shekarar 1919, Anderson ya auri Eric Butterfield Roberton kuma ya canza sunanta zuwa **Cora Roberton** . Eric Roberton, wanda ya kasance manomi a Tahora a Taranaki, New Zealand, kafin yakin ya ji rauni kuma an aika shi zuwa Babban Asibitin New Zealand a Brockenhurst a Ingila a cikin Oktoba 1917, inda Anderson ya kasance matron. 

A cikin shekarar 1925, Robertons suna da 'yar Elizabeth May da ɗa Craig kuma sun yi noma a cikin Taranaki har zuwa 1948, lokacin da suka ƙaura zuwa Auckland. Cora Roberton ya mutu a can a ranar 24 ga Satumban shekarar 1962 yana da shekaru 81. An binne ta a makabartar Purewa a Meadowbank, Auckland, tare da mijinta da 'yarta..

## Bambance-bambance da kyaututtuka
An ba Anderson kayan ado da lambobin yabo masu zuwa don hidimar da ta yi a yakin duniya na farko. Ana gudanar da lambobin yabo da lambobin yabo a gidan kayan tarihi na Yakin Auckland .   

* Royal Red Cross (Ajin farko) (RRC), 1919
* Associate Royal Red Cross (Ajin na biyu) (ARRC), 1917
* 1914-1915 Tauraro
* Lambar Yakin Burtaniya 1914-1919
* Lambar Nasara, tare da itacen oakleaf

## Manazarta