Batemans Bay RSL Sub-Branch honorary secretary Peter Watson said the war took a huge toll on a small population.

“Australia lost 60,000 dead in World War I, from a population of five million, which would be the equivalent of losing 276, 000 today,” Mr Watson said.

Remembrance Day marks the armistice signed to end the carnage on November 11, 1918.

“It remembers a time when people thought something was so horrific, we could never do it again, and said ‘we’ve got to stop this’,” Mr Watson said.

“So many thousands died to protect the rights we have today.”

Participants will form up for the Batemans Bay service at 10.45am at the Honour Stone in Clyde Street, and the service will get underway shortly before 11am.

Reverend Tom Slockee will read the official prayer.

Participants will form up for the Moruya service at 10.40am outside the RSL Memorial Hall in Page Street, and the service will get underway shortly before 11am.

Mr Watson expects plenty of support from the community on Remembrance Day.

“The school kids and community organisations around here are very switched on with Remembrance Day, Anzac Day and other services,” he said.

Mr Watson, who recently took over as secretary of the Batemans Bay Sub-Branch from Les Arnould, is, like Arnould, a Vietnam veteran.

He served with the Second Battalion Royal Australian and New Zealand regiment in 1970 and 1971, and is a member of the Eurobodalla Vietnam Veterans Peacekeepers and Peacemakers.

“Vietnam veterans and the RSL have a history of not getting on, but in the Eurobodalla, relations between Vietnam veterans and the RSL are terrific,” he said.

“Part of my job is to make sure they continue to get on.”