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Article content Sarnia’s “Tommy” soldier has been shipped off for repairs. Volunteers with AlumaSafway and Mammoet helped Monday as a crane removed the 1922-erected statue of a Canadian “Tommy” soldier in full uniform from the First World War. The statue will have a cast rifle replace the one taken from the monument some time over the past 20 months. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Tommy soldier removed for repairs, lighting upgrades planned for Veterans Park Back to video “It took us a little longer than we wanted to find the actual rifle” to make a replacement cast, said Ron Realesmith, vice-president with the restoration effort-leading Sarnia Historical Society, about the project that began after it was noticed in early April the rifle was missing. “We had to find a true replica of it, so it took a lot of searching to find that.”

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