Lieutenant Colonel John Hutton Bisdee

Service number	24
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
Units	12th Australian Light Horse Regiment 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen
Places	Melton Mowbray Hutton Park
Conflicts/Operations	First World War, 1914-1918 South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Gazettes	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

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

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
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

12th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Major
Pre First World War Conflicts Nominal Rolls:

Unit

1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen

Conflict

South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)

Rank

Trooper
Pre First World War Conflicts Nominal Rolls:

Unit

2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen

Conflict

South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)

Rank

Lieutenant
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
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
First World War Embarkation Roll:

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Captain

Timeline

Date of birth	28 September 1869
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