On Friday morning a small service was conducted, and filmed, and included drone footage of the area as well as ususal elements of the annual Anzac Day ceremony.

It includes an opening address from emcee Peter Elliott, the playing of The Last Post and the ceremonial guard, which was formed with the help of members of The Armidale School's cadets.

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You can see the Dangarsleigh service here from 9.30am on Anzac Day:

The Dangarsleigh War Memorial is one of the few privately constructed war memorials in the state - dedicated to the Perrott family's loss of their eldest son in the First World War.

The monument, which was first unveiled in 1921, was designed and commissioned by Alfred Haroldston Perrott after his son Harold and other young men were killed in the war.

The final design of the memorial was drawn up by Mr Perrott, architect Mr Hickson, shire engineer Montague Smith and the builder Mark Roberts.

Legend has it over the seven and a half months of construction, Mr Roberts worked from sun up to sun down each day - except Sundays and Christmas.

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