RIDE, Lindsay Tasman
| Service Number: | 3479 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newstead, Victoria, Australia, 10 October 1898 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Hong Kong, 17 October 1977, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bulla War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1917: | Involvement Private, 3479, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Jul 1917: | Embarked Private, 3479, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Martin
Lindsay Tasman RIDE was born at Newstead, Victoria on 10/10/1898 and was living with his parents at Oaklands Junction (Bulla) when he joined the AIF on 14/2/1917.
His father, Rev. William Ride was the Minister at the Bulla Presbyterian Church.
Lindsay left Australia on 16/7/1917 as part of the 38th Battalion.He was wounded twice, once severely and returned to Australia and was discharged on 24/4/1919.
Enrolling at Melbourne University in medicine, he was selected as Victorian Rhodes Scholar in 1922 and completed his studies at Oxford.
Working at Guys Hospital, London he qualified as a surgeon and because of his flair for medical research he was appointed Professor of Physiology at the University of Hong Kong.He was commissioned in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps and during WW2 was taken prisoner by the Japanese but escaped first to China then on to India. On 16th May 1942 he was appointed to the rank of Colonel in the British Army and returned to China to head the British Military Intelligence escape organisation.This group helped to organise the return to India of prisoners of war that escaped the Japanese, and also provided medical help for many thousands of Chinese in the area. From his base in Kweilin, twice daily weather reports were sent to assist allied air forces operating over China.
After the war Ride was awarded the CBE and was appointed vice chancellor of the Hong Kong University. He served as Colonel Commandant of the Royal Hong Kong Defence Force and was knighted in 1962.
Sir Lindsay died in Hong Kong on 17 October 1977.