This Monument, near the Bloemfontein Zoo,, takes the form of an obelisk. It was erected as a memorial to the Canadian soldiers who fell during the Second Anglo Boer war.
placeREF P-0065642Revised
Place record
Canadian Monument, Bloemfontein
- Coordinates
- 29.0600, -26.1200
- Updated
- 21 Jul 2026
Bloemfontein Canadian Memorial. Credit: South African Agency, Commonwealth War Graves Commission Image source
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Canadian Monument, Bloemfontein
How we know this
- 01https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/overseas/south-african-war/bloemfontein
Last updated · 21 Jul 2026
South African History Online. (2011, July 14). Canadian Monument, Bloemfontein. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0065642
South African History Online (2011) 'Canadian Monument, Bloemfontein', South African History Online, 14 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0065642 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, Canadian Monument, Bloemfontein [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0065642, (accessed 21 July 2026).
"Canadian Monument, Bloemfontein." South African History Online, 14 July 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0065642. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Canadian Monument, Bloemfontein." South African History Online. July 14, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0065642.
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