LOCALS characteristically shrugged off the rain to pay their respects at the Korumburra Cenotaph this morning for Remembrance Day, 100-year-old Avis Tilley one of those unconcerned by the 8 degree temperature and the wet.

Korumburra RSL President David Jackson conducted the short but poignant service, Phil Richards playing the last post.

“The First World War was, in its time, the most destructive conflict yet experienced by humanity,” David said, noting more than 60,000 Australians lost their lives, with some 10 million military personnel dying in what was then called the Great War.

Wreath laying and the Ode of Remembrance added to the sense of occasion, the rain getting heavier as the service neared its conclusion.

Clothing emblazoned with poppies and umbrellas stood out in the wintry conditions.

While David touched on the hopes at the time that WWI would be the war to end all wars, conflicts have sadly continued to the current day, with countless sacrifices made in various theatres of war and through peacekeeping missions.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.