Source: Mentioned in War Diary December 4th, 1916.
Family Search: When Colonel Gordon Fraser Morrison was born on 16 October 1884, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, his father, Curran McKay Morrison, was 30 and his mother, Jessie Annie Fraser, was 27. He married Mabel Ethel Chalcraft on 24 November 1909, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada for about 8 years and Mississauga, Peel, Ontario, Canada in 1931. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1931, at the age of 46, his occupation is listed as president in Mississauga, Peel, Ontario, Canada. He died on 13 July 1931, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 46, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Distinguished Service Order, Mention in Despatches.
Took command of the 18th Battalion on September 16, 1916 just before Flers Courcelette.
Distinguished Service Order per London Gazette. Supplement 29886. Page 29. Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 01/01/17.
HEAD OF STOCK FIRM SUFFERS BULLET WOUND
Col. G. F. Morrison, Toronto, In Hospital. Brokerage House is Suspended by Canadian [illegible]TORONTO, July 13. Following a report, that the brokerage firm of Morrison and Southgate had been suspended from trading on the Standard Mining exchange today, news was received that Col. G. F. Morrison, former president of the firm, had been admitted to hospital with a bullet wound in the right chest. His condition is reported grave. Business partners of Lieut. – Col. Morrison were present at his home when police were called soon after the shooting. Police say the partners had called to interview Col. Morrison. According to police, there was only one witness to the shooting. Colonel Morrison’s wife and family, who were absent from the city, on receiving word of the shooting, began a hurried homeward trip. Today’s suspension of the Morrison and Southgate brokerage firm marks the second time such steps have been taken by the Standard Mining Exchange within the past year, as the firm was suspended In September, 1930, In connection with the rapid rise and fall of Acme Gas and OH shares, of which R. C. Southgate, a partner of the firm, was a director.
Source: The Winnipeg Tribune, July 13, 1931, page 1
It is presumed by the police that Morrison lay down on the chesterfield, and pressing the gun against his left breast, pulled the trigger. The bullet passed through the body bellow the heart and went out through the back lodging in the chesterfield. Examination of the army automatic found on the floor showed the only other bullet had jammed in the ejector.
(Toronto Globe, 14 Jul 1931, 11)
The Stock Broker (Patriots Crooks and SafetyFirsters)
Buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. Married Mabel Chalcroft on 24 Nov 1909 in York, Ontario. Stockbroker. Died of gunshot wound to chest.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 