Resided in Brighton & London, England and 27 Prince of Wales Terrace, Parktown, Johannesburg, RSA. He was 7 when his father died.

He was raised by his mother and step father Major Ernest Edward Jarman Morrison whom she married after Charles' death. Jack was enrolled at Sandhurst Military Academy. He served in the Royal Munster Fusiliers, Lieutenent Colonel in the Highland Light Infantry, Retired 1925.

In 1921, he arrived in Nairobi, Kenya in the service of HM Forces to further and uphold "The Empire". I seem to remember being told that he helped establish the Country Club there before moving to Johannesburg in South Africa where he directed a company called Levy & Co distributing brands such as Coty cosmetics, Bisset Scotch Whisky, Consulate Cigarettes.

He lived in 27 Prince of Wales Terrace Parktown first, then Bixley Lodge on Parktown Terrace and finally 8 Junction Ave. Parktown.

He had a close relationship with the, then South African Prime Minister, Jan Smuts, who attended many a family dinner. When the 2nd World war broke out, he petitioned the Prime Minister to be reconscripted into the South African Army. The Prime Minister was very apprehensive on account of Jacks age but relented and awarded Jack with the position of Lt Col. in charge of the South African 3rd Infantry Battalion

Re-commissioned to Egypt, Jack is said to have died in a freak acident in August 1941 during a bombing raid in the streets of Cairo. The military staff vehicle in which he was travelling, collided with a tram, resulting in Jack breaking his neck in the whiplash. It is said that both he and the driver were killed, however the officer's in the back seat survived. He is buried at the Old Cairo Cemetery, Egypt.