SOE Morrison, Alastair Robin Gwynne

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Morrison​

• FORENAME

Alastair Robin Gwynne​

• UNIT

Force 136 SOE​

• RANK

T/Captain​

• NUMBER

EC 15150​

• AWARD

Mention in Despatches​

• PLACE

Malaya 1945​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 2 Gurkha Rifles,Indian Army​

born 24.8.1915 Peking,China​

son of George Ernest and Jennie Robin Morrison​

moved to England 1919​

father died 1920,mother died 1923​

educated Malvern Grammar School​

graduated Cambridge University​

travelled to South America​

collected and sold birds and other specimens to zoos and museums​

cypher officer,British military intelligence group,Peking 1940​

Inter-Services Liaison Department,Kolkata,India 1942​

2 Bn Gurkha Rifles,Indian Army (Intell.Officer) 1943 (Lt)​

Ministry of Economic Warfare,Chungking 1944-45​

Force 136 SOE (Malaya) 1945​

to England 1947​

British Colonial Service 1947​

District Officer,Sarawak 1947​

Secretariat,Kuching,Sarawak 1954​

Government Information Office 1959​

to Canberra,Australia 1967​

Head of South-East Asia Branch,Office of Current Intelligence 1967​

ornithologist and writer​

married Hedda Hammer 5.7.1946 Peking (died 1991)​

died 5.8.2009 Canberra,Australia​

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