They lined the streets to pay their respects and remember those who have served and those we've lost.

"The sons and daughters of Anzac came forward without question," Crookwell Returned and Services League (RSL) president, Kevin King said.

"We remember the sacrifice of such men and women," and "may our sons and daughters never forget."

The crowd listened in solemn silence as the 125 names of the fallen were read aloud by Crookwell High School students Renee Buggie and D'Arcy Slater.

In 1919, more than 2000 of the original Anzacs marched in London while they waited for transport back to Australia, Royal Australian Navy Captain Nick Tate RAN said.

The armistice had been signed and peace had come.

"They would have also been an immense sense of grief for those who would never be coming home and the emotional battles for those returning soldiers and their families.

""Our first Anzacs enlisted with a sense of excitement... in a manner that would secure their memory in the Australian conscience for more than a century."

Those members of the Australian Defence Force who enlisted and served in later battles, and peacekeeping missions, and those who serve today have done so with "distinction", he said.

Silence again filled the air for the Last Post.

At 11.45am a Royal Australian Air Force C130 Hercules performed a flyover jolting the crowd from their solemnity.

The crowds dispersed and the wreaths lay in tribute and memory.