7: Henri Hebert, Yarmouth NS
A remarkable sculpture by Henri Hebert (1884-1950), the Yarmouth figure conveys the look of a tired soldier -- smoked-down cigarette butt in mouth, rifle sheathed, gaiters covering his puttees -- returning to the rear lines after a stretch in the muddy trenches at the front. I have seen no other war memorial figure in Canada that so effectively connotes the stoic weariness of a man having survived another appalling day in the face of the enemy.
7: Henri Hebert, Yarmouth NS
A remarkable sculpture by Henri Hebert (1884-1950), the Yarmouth figure conveys the look of a tired soldier -- smoked-down cigarette butt in mouth, rifle sheathed, gaiters covering his puttees -- returning to the rear lines after a stretch in the muddy trenches at the front. I have seen no other war memorial figure in Canada that so effectively connotes the stoic weariness of a man having survived another appalling day in the face of the enemy.