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To 'Virorks Comm.issia~ter and Mrs . .R. -C . Harris the "invasion has suddenly-become a-very personal matter. They have just learned that their sae played a major role in drawing up its master plan. ~ He is Lheut .-Col . R . A . Harris, tvho learned his soldiering with the O.T.C . of" Toronto Univ-~rsity and later with the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. 1Vord xeceived from London, Eng ., today revealed he was the military adviser to Lieut.-Gen . F. E . Morgan of the Imperial army . Their invasio~. plan, London military circles declared, was accepted "practically without alteration by Gen-' exahs Eisenho"ver end Montgomery and is looked upon as a military classic ." "We heard from our son to the effect that he was serving hn some special branch of the service," skid Commissioner Harris, "but we had not the slightest idea what that work was. T can't say more . I'm afraid I can't discuss it "' ~'he, dispatch from London revealed Gen . Morgan and his Torantonian right-hand man "set up headquarters over a famous London west end store and worked there in secrecy' and silence on their plan, which fills a book the size of the family Bible :' 'Worked Seven-Day t'Veek :A.s the time came for the plan to go into effect, its authors "worked seven days a week, and the genera moved his bed beside his desk .' Lieut: Col. Harris, his father said, teas in England when war broke aut, "He had retained membership in the Queen's Own before leaving, Canada to take up residence there.' He was on the reserve list. He immediately offered his services, .but the British government could not see their way to accept him . So he sold his house and returned to Canada with' his wife, the former Dae Lyon, daughter of Mr, and Mrs . F. H. B. Lyo n of "~'hhitehall Rd < "He returned to the active list o! his regiment in 194Q and went overseas with them . Later, he took staff courses at Oxford and Camberley Staff -college :' ` Mrs . I3arris also retarned to En

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LT: COL . HARF.IB land. - the commissioner said, where she is now serving with the lZed Cross . Lieut .-Col. Harris Yvas born in Toronto 37 years ago . He attended University of Toronto schools froze 1917 to 1923 and the university until 1923 when he graduated vrith the B .A, degree for political science. He was commissioned a lieutenant in `he Queeri s Own in 1932 and moved to England four years later.