TODAY marks 102 years since the end of World War I (WWI) and offers a time to remember and honour all Australians who served, including a highly decorated pair of Gawler brothers.

Gawler RSL publicity officer Wayne Clarke told The Bunyip Frank and Cleve Scott stood out as having the most impact of those who served from the local region.

“I have lived in Gawler all my life and my brother and I used to walk along Cameron Street near the Anglican Church to get to school,” he said.

“We used to play in the yard of a house that had a sign with ‘Frank Cleve’ on it and I never understood the significance of those names until I heard the brothers’ story.”

The Scott brothers were born in Port Broughton but moved to Gawler as children.

“Frank, who was originally working as a railway porter before the outbreak of WWI was the very first person from Gawler to actually volunteer and join the services in October 1914,” Mr Clarke said.

“He served with the 10th Battalion in which many Gawler people served, and he was one of the very first people to land at Gallipoli.

“He was a private and progressed through the ranks to receive a commission later on in the war in France and became a most respected officer and leader.”

Frank’s younger brother Cleve, who was a military cadet at Gawler, enlisted on January 10, 1916, sailing in June as a corporal.

Reaching France in November as a sergeant, he forfeited his rank and joined the 10th Battalion to be with his brother.

“Cleve’s brother Frank was believed to have been killed on October 9, 1917,” Mr Clarke said.

“Frank was chosen to lead an attack at a place called Celtic Wood and commanded 71 men who were launching an assault on German lines near Ypres.

“Only 13 men returned from that raid and many were missing in action.”

According to survivor reports, Frank was shot during the raid.

He was just 22 years old and is also remembered for his service during the Western Front Battle of Pozieres in 1916.

“A month or two later, Cleve was also killed in action and he received the Military Cross,” Mr Clarke said.

“Frank received a mention in dispatches and because they died around the same time their mother (Felicia) was very distraught and wrote several letters to the war people and eventually got permission from the war graves office to record both brothers’ names on the same gravestone.”

The medals of Frank and Cleve are held in Adelaide’s military museum at Keswick and their pictures are displayed in the Gawler Institute.

Meanwhile, Remembrance Day services will take place across the region at 11am today.