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Carving

A carved and stained image of a solider in uniform. A netting is hanging from his helmet and his face is unseen.

Collection of Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, H11.105.148

wood, stain, paint, 13.8 x 6.0 x 4.0 cm, 1916

Lewis Leon Dorais was born in Cookshire, Québec in 1889 and was a clerk living in Victoria, British Columbia when he enlisted in 1915. Inscribed on bottom of base: BY L.L. DORAIS OF 67TH BY 4th DIV. C.E.F. PIONEERS