About 100 people, including Campbell Town District High School staff and students, residents and veterans, attended the solemn service at the town cenotaph.

"It's important to keep the memory alive," guest speaker and Launceston based art historian Glenda King said afterwards.

Ms King had earlier told of how she became curious in the story of her own family's service history after researching that of another.

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"It just got me thinking - what did my own ancestors [do]", she said. "There's a huge amount of material that people can discover their own stories [with]."

"It's important to keep the memory alive. Through recreating the stories about family members and those who served ... and those who were on the home front."

After some digging, and the discovery of a 1915 photograph in the Tasmanian Weekly Courier, Ms King discovered the stories of Benjamin, Charles and William Densley - all born in Avoca.

The middle brother, Benjamin, was killed at sea of Gallipoli in on June 17, 1915. Avoca residents welcomed his brothers home on December of 1918, The Examiner reported, with flags flown throughout the town.

"There is a great richness in the small details of such lives," Ms King told the ceremony. "In them we can see the contributions and sacrifices those who served made for their country, their communities and their families."

And the ability of the town to host events itself is key, said Peter Evans, chair of the volunteer Campbell Town Anzac Group - which organised the event.

"We really take the opinion that even if one person turns up, we will put it on," he said.

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