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  • My Military Ancestor – Benjamin Nelson Harrop WWI Pilot

    My Military Ancestor – Benjamin Nelson Harrop WWI Pilot

    Day 3 of the 11-day Military Challenge In rural Saskatchewan (before it was a Province) in a small town called Indian Head, Benjamin Nelson Harrop was born on a fall day in October, 1894. Growing up on the farm, helping his father William with chores seems a long way off from piloting planes in WWI…