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Major Kenneth “Ken” Archibald Harrison (1901-1991), Second World War veteran and plant pathologist, was born March 11, 1901 in Maugerville, New Brunswick to Charles Ashley Harrison (1868-1918), farmer, and Clarissa S. Roach (b.1873). He studied horticulture and plant pathology at the Ontario Agriculture College and Macdonald College and in 1926 started work at the Kentville Research Station, Plant Pathology unit in Kentville, Nova Scotia. His military career began in 1927 in the Canadian Reserves, as part of the 6th Machine Gun Battalion which became the King’s Canadian Hussars in 1936, then converted to artillery (87th and 88th Field Batteries), August 15, 1939. He married Margaret Lambert Outhit on October 17, 1931 in Kentville, NS. On July 1, 1940 he enlisted to serve overseas, received training in Nova Scotia and Ontario, and on September 19, 1941 left Halifax on the ship “Pasteur” to work on England’s coastal defence with the 88th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, 5th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, Canadian Army Overseas. In 1942 he was promoted to Major and moved to the 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. He returned to Nova Scotia April 8, 1944, was stationed at Halifax until the end of the War September 2, 1945, then resumed his civilian post as assistant plant pathologist with the Kentville Experimental Station as well as a business growing certified seed potatoes for export to Bermuda. He retired from the militia in 1954 with rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and from the Research Station in 1966. He died on November 5, 1991 in Kentville.
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created 2018-03-02
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Nova Scotia Archives. Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics database, accessed January 25, 2018 https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Vital Statistics from Government Records database, accessed January 26, 2018 http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/?culture=en-CA
Book: Advancing Agriculture: A History, Kentville Research Station 1911-1986 [Ottawa, ON]: Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, [1986].
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Karen White