It was an usual Remembrance Day service at Narromine this morning. 

Normally a group of 15-20 people, mostly veterans and their partners, would attend the 11am ceremony at the war memorial near Tom Perry Park, according to local RSL sub branch Vice President Ted Davies. 

This year, he said a crowd approaching 200 people attended the service, including a significant number of students from St Augustine's Parish School, Narromine Christian School and Narromine High School.

"We’re very, very pleased," said Mr Davies, a Vietnam infantry veteran. 

"At least it's going to be carried on, the idea Remembrance Day - and not just as an old day from 100 plus years ago - as something that's more relevant, even today."

The 11am on 11 November marks the time the armistice that ended World War One came into effect in 1918.

Mr Davies was in Vietnam as an infantry soldier in 1968 and 1969 with the 9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. IMAGE: supplied

Members of Western Plains communities gather on the day each year to remember members of the armed forces who have died in service. 

This year in Narromine, the message was on sacrifice, although also everyday kindness.

"It's just like a fellow in the trenches, how he reacts with his fellow man and how they were helping each other- and how we can help each other," Mr Davies said.

"We can also assist our fellow man in what we do by our thoughts, our words and our actions.

"We need to be cognisant that of not only the people we deal with each day, but those all around us, and how our actions, our words and our deeds can affect them."

Cadets during the 2024 Remembrance Day service in Cobar. The town's war memorial received an upgrade in the first half of this year. IMAGE: supplied

Around 250 kilometres away in Cobar's Drummond Park, veterans, cadets and council representatives also gathered for a wet service, with wreaths laid at the war memorial.

NSW Australian Army Cadets Brigade Deputy Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Mitchell, joined residents at the service as a guest speaker and honoured two long-serving cadet members.

He presented Cobar Cadet Unit Commanding Officer Colleen Boucher with a long service medal, along with Colleen's husband and retired Cadet Commanding Officer Chris Boucher.

Ms Colleen has been in the cadets for 27 years, Mr Boucher 30.

"It was a lovely surprise," Ms Boucher said.

"We love what we do, it's just become part of our lives."

Former reservist and Cobar RSL sub branch president Gordon Hill also attended the service and said there was upwards of 200 people.

"All of the students from the high school actually came down to the park for our service. So, that's an opportunity to just to get the message across to them, or remind them, of what's gone on in the past and the sacrifices have been made by others," Mr Hill said.