Ian Morrison (journalist)

He was born on 31 May 1913 in Peking, as the oldest son to Australian adventurer and journalist George Ernest Morrison (1862–1920) and Jennie Wark Robin (1889–1923).

Ian Morrison and his two younger brothers, Alastair Gwynne (1915–2009) and Colin (1917–1990), were all educated at Winchester College before continuing to Cambridge University.

He then telegraphed The Times: Regret involved in airplane accident enroute obtain eyewitness operational full stop hospitalised injuries seriouser than yestertime hope recover soon Dickson Brown newschronicler kindly consented cover next three days thereafter Curthoys sorry disappoint you good storyHe did not return to combat journalism for seven months, and by the following December he had been shot once again, so he telegraphed The Times: Left hospital today.

While visiting Hong Kong, he met and had a love affair with local doctor and future author Han Suyin (according to his aunt, he was a ladies man with paramours all over the Far East and in Australia).

He died on 12 August 1950, when a jeep carrying him, Indian Colonel M. K. Unni Nayar, and British journalist Christopher Buckley, struck a landmine that killed all three.