| Service number | 24 |
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| Ranks Held | Captain, Major, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, Lieutenant, Private, Trooper |
| Birth Date | 1869-09-28 |
| Birth Place | Australia: Tasmania, Melton Mowbray, Hutton Park |
| Death Date | 1930-01-14 |
| Death Place | Australia: Tasmania, Melton Mowbray |
| Final Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Service | Australian Imperial Force |
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Biographical information They dared mightily. in 1963 Published in London Gazette in 1900-11-13 Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-03 Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-05 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-06 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-06 |
Lieutenant Colonel John Hutton Bisdee
Description
John Bisdee of the 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen, was in an eight-man mounted patrol ambushed by the Boers near Warm Bad, Transvaal, on 1 September 1900. Almost all of the party were wounded, including an officer whose horse had bolted. Bisdee put the officer on his own horse and, despite having been wounded himself, ran alongside under fire until he too could mount up and get away.
Bisdee served as a light horse officer in the First World War. By 1918 he was a lieutenant colonel in the ANZAC Provost Corps. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1919. Bisdee eventually returned to farming in Tasmania, where he died.
Collection items
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 03 June 1919 on page 6926 at position 2
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 06 October 1919 on page 1462 at position 3
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Major
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Pre First World War Conflicts Nominal Rolls:
- Unit
- 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen
- Conflict
- South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
- Rank
- Trooper
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Pre First World War Conflicts Nominal Rolls:
- Unit
- 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen
- Conflict
- South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
- Rank
- Lieutenant
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 05 June 1919 on page 7189 at position 2
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 06 October 1919 on page 1466 at position 28
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen
- Conflict
- South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
- Rank
- Private
- London Gazette
- 13 November 1900 on page 6927 at position 1
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
Timeline
| Date of birth | 28 September 1869 | |
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| Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 1900-04 | Service no 24, Trooper - served with 1 Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen. |
| Date of embarkation | 26 April 1900 | |
| Date of honour or award | 01 September 1900 | Awarded Victoria Cross for action at Warm Bad, Transvaal, South Africa whilst serving with 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen as a Trooper. |
| Date wounded | 01 September 1900 | During action for which he was awarded Victoria Cross. |
| Date commissioned | 1901-03 | Lieutenant. |
| Other units | 1901-03-01 - 1902-05-03 | No 1 Company, 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen. |
| Other units | 1915 | 12 Light Horse Regiment. |
| Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 26 July 1915 | |
| Date of embarkation | 05 October 1915 | |
| Other units | 1915-11-01 - 1915-12-01 | Australian Composite Regiment, operating against the Senussi. |
| Other units | 1916-03 | Seconded as Assistant Provost Marshal, AIF Headquarters. |
| Date promoted | 1916-09 | Major. |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 1917 | |
| Other units | 1917 | 12 Light Horse Regiment. |
| Other units | 1918-01 | Assistant Provost Marshal (Egypt) Anzac Provost Corps. |
| Date promoted | 1918-06 | Lieutenant Colonel. |
| Date of honour or award | 1919-06 | OBE. |
| Date of discharge | 1920-05 | |
| Date of death | 14 January 1930 |
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