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Pioneer of the 104th Regiment of Foot

Colour drawing of a Black soldier wearing an 1812 British military uniform with a foot perched on a log. He is holding a circular water container and there is an axe with a military hat leaning on the log.

Courtesy of the Canadian War Museum, 1971.

During the War of 1812, George Lawrence fought gallantly against American invaders in Upper Canada.