The 7am Gipps Street service always proves popular with local residents, and this year proved no different according to Rotary Club of west Tamworth president Richard Chaffey, who led the service this year.

"This is a service for the local people of West Tamworth, which is what make it so special each year," he said.

"It is a well cared for memorial on a beautiful street - just a great community event."

While Reverend Gus Batley did the prayers and scripture, third generation servicemen Major Wayne Clarke of the Hunter River Lancers gave the Anzac Day address, paying special homage to his grandfather and father.

"On this day we not only honor the sacrifice of those that never came home, but we also honour those who did," he said.

"Some broken physically or mentally, but mostly with the determination to make the best life they could - to seize their chance after being spared death or mutilation for some unfathomable reason, and to make their digger mates looking down on them proud.

"The most important thing that came about from our participation in the Great War was the contribution that the men who came home made to the development of our national character, as well as the economic development and social evolution of the nation.

"The nation became the envy of the rest of the world for its promise of opportunity, for its spirit of egalitarianism that embraced mutual respect, tolerance, fair play and compassion for those in need, and the pursuit of the public good."

Following the service students from Tamworth High School served tea, coffee and Anzac biscuits to the crowd, and also read a letter from Barnaby Joyce during the service.