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Harrison was born in Grandview, Manitoba on 31 May 1921 to Edward Smith Harrison (1879–1943) and Annie Louise Purvis (1886–1946). During World War II, he served in Europe with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion. After the war, he joined the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Winnipeg in
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