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Rayuwa | |
Haihuwa |
St Just (en) ![]() |
ƙasa |
Birtaniya United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Mutuwa |
Penzance (en) ![]() |
Karatu | |
Makaranta |
Camborne School of Mines (en) ![]() Queen's College (en) ![]() |
Harsuna | Turanci |
Sana'a | |
Sana'a | soja |
Kyaututtuka | |
Aikin soja | |
Fannin soja |
British Army (en) ![]() |
Ya faɗaci | Yakin Duniya na I |
James Howard Williams, wanda aka fi sani da Elephant Bill (15 ga watan Nuwamba shekara ta 1897 zuwa 30 ga watan Yulin shekara ta 1958), sojan kasar Burtaniya ne kuma gwani ne a Burma, wanda aka sani da aikinsa tare da Sojoji na goma sha huɗu a lokacin Yakin Burma na Yaƙin Duniya na II, da kuma littafinsa a shekara ta 1950 Elephant Bill . An sanya shi Lieutenant-Colonel, wanda aka ambata a cikin aikawa sau uku, kuma an ba shi kyautar OBE a shekarar ta 1945.
An haifi Williams a St Just, Cornwall, ɗan injiniyan hakar ma'adinai na Cornish wanda ya dawo daga kasar Afirka ta Kudu da matarsa, mace ta Welsh. Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Sarauniya, Taunton . Kamar ɗan'uwansa ya yi karatu a Makarantar Ma'adinai ta Camborne kuma ya ci gaba da aiki a matsayin jami'in Devonshire Regiment na Sojojin kasar Burtaniya a Gabas ta Tsakiya a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na farko da Afghanistan, 1919-20. A wannan lokacin ya yi aiki tare da Kamel Corps kuma a matsayin jami'in sufuri wanda ke kula da alfadarai. Bayan ya yi ritaya ya yanke shawarar shiga Kamfanin Kasuwancin Bombay-Burmah a matsayin mai kula da gandun daji yana aiki tare da giwaye don cire katako.[1]