In the summer of 1920, the West Garafraxa Township Memorial Committee chose the design for their cenotaph - a statue of a soldier carved in white Italian marble, standing at ease beside a grey granite stone with the names of the fallen set in metal lettering. It was unveiled at George and Queen Streets on July 31, 1021. The statue was removed in 2008 because it was showing considerable wear and a granite replacement statue was installed.
The original statue was restored by Conservator Patty Whan and moved to the Archives wing of the Wellington County Museum and Archives. Many parts of the original statue were missing and had to be reconstructed, including the soldier’s nose, hat brim, bayonet scabbard, and rifle sight, strap, trigger, and trigger guard. The repaired statue was installed on a new base in the courtyard on June 17, 2010.
