There's a very special new tree beside our local war memorial in Victoria Park.

A Lone Pine - a descendent of trees propagated from the seeds from a pine cone sent home to Australia from Gallipoli - was planted beside the Cenotaph before Monday's Remembrance Day service.

Monday's service commenced with the laying of wreaths at the Cenotaph.

Senior students from Red Bend Catholic College and Forbes High School read the names of those from our community who died in service of our country, from South Africa through to Afghanistan.

Red poppies marked their names on the memorial plaques.

Forbes RSL Sub Branch president Bryan Jones thanked community members and representatives of school and community groups for their attendance at the service.

Remembrance Day, November 11, commemorates the official signing of the Armistice to mark the end of World War I.

However since World War II it has been known as Australia Day - a day on which we remember the dead of all wars in which Australia has participated.