The statue on the South African War Monument was added in two phases. The stone bottom was added in 1902, but a decision was not made on the form of the top until almost two years later when enough funding was secured through Margaret Baizley and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
A bronze statue of a soldier in uniform stands at ease on a stone base, attired in the slouch hat, cross belts of ammunition, a pistol on his belt and in his right hand a Lee-Enfield rifle. The rifle was stolen by vandals in the late 1990s, but it was restored by the 26th (Overseas) Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force Regimental Association in May 2002.
