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The South African War Memorial is a memorial located at University Avenue
University Avenue (Toronto)

University Avenue is a major north-south road in Downtown Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It begins at the intersection of Front Street and York streets near Union Station and heads northwest for a short distance before turning north....
 and Queen Street West
Queen Street West

Queen Street West describes both the western branch of Queen Street, a major east-west thoroughfare, and a series of neighbourhoods or commercial districts, situated west of Yonge Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
 in Toronto
Toronto

Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
.

Commissioned in 1910 and designed by Walter Seymour Allward
Walter Seymour Allward

Walter Seymour Allward was a Canada sculpture.He was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of John A. Allward of Newfoundland. Educated in Toronto public schools, his first job was at the age of 14 as an assistant to his carpenter father....
 to commemorate Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
's participation in the Boer War
Second Boer War

The Second Boer War , commonly referred to as The Boer War and also known as the South African War , the Anglo-Boer War and in Afrikaans as the Boereoorlog or Tweede Vryheidsoorlog , was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902, between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics of the Orange Fre...
, it consists of three bronze figures at the base of a granite column.






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The South African War Memorial is a memorial located at University Avenue
University Avenue (Toronto)

University Avenue is a major north-south road in Downtown Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It begins at the intersection of Front Street and York streets near Union Station and heads northwest for a short distance before turning north....
 and Queen Street West
Queen Street West

Queen Street West describes both the western branch of Queen Street, a major east-west thoroughfare, and a series of neighbourhoods or commercial districts, situated west of Yonge Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
 in Toronto
Toronto

Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
.

Commissioned in 1910 and designed by Walter Seymour Allward
Walter Seymour Allward

Walter Seymour Allward was a Canada sculpture.He was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of John A. Allward of Newfoundland. Educated in Toronto public schools, his first job was at the age of 14 as an assistant to his carpenter father....
 to commemorate Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
's participation in the Boer War
Second Boer War

The Second Boer War , commonly referred to as The Boer War and also known as the South African War , the Anglo-Boer War and in Afrikaans as the Boereoorlog or Tweede Vryheidsoorlog , was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902, between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics of the Orange Fre...
, it consists of three bronze figures at the base of a granite column. Another bronze figure is found at the top of the memorial. It was restored in 2001.

The Ontario Heritage Foundation plaque for this memorial erroneously states that Walter Allward studied under Emanuel Hahn
Emanuel Hahn

Emanuel Otto Hahn was a Germany-born Canada sculptor and coin designer.Born in Reutlingen, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, he moved to Toronto in 1888 with his family....
; in fact, it was the other way around.