The youngest of 13 children, Spring Hill farmworker Frank Moad was just 17 when he signed up for World War I.
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Frank and his brother Ray were among more than 50 young men from the Spring Hill district who signed up.
November 5 will mark 100 years since Frank was killed on a French battlefield.
Their nephews Alan and Ross were in attendance on Friday as Orange Mayor John Davis unveiled the town’s new war memorial, a plaque and flagpole to commemorate the district’s astonishing contribution to war.
Cr Davis said: “The first world war, it was an adventure for a lot of the young Australians. It seemed to be a good idea at the time. But, now that we look back it was a very sad occasion for the lives that were lost.”
Seven men from Spring Hill were killed and three were wounded in the conflict.
