More than 50 people gathered at the Mossman cenotaph at 11am this morning to honour Remembrance Day.

Bookended by a rendition of the Last Post on a lone trumpet, and wreath laying by dignitaries, schoolchildren and other members of the public, the crowd fell silent at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month to mark the end of World War I in 1918.

Mossman RSL flagbearer Jack Boyd stood sombrely between the raised Australian flag and the cenotaph - which was surrounded by wreaths and flowers - and the bagpiper also stood near the crowd to accompany parts of the ceremony.

The Mossman school band at the back of the crowd played a version of the national anthem to end the ceremony.

Earlier, Mossman RSL president John Grime gave a moving speech about how many young Australian soldiers were lost in battle before the “guns of the Western Front finally fell silent”.

“It was meant to be the war to end all wars,” Mr Grime said.

“The impact on Australians that answered that call to arms was horrific.”

He detailed the casualties of many of the separate confrontations, including one soldier lost every 10 seconds at the Battle of Fromelles in 1916.

There were also other horrific losses at famous WWI battles Australian soldiers fought at in Europe including Pozieres, the Somme and Ypres, Mr Grime said.

Some of the Fromelles statistics were particularly compelling, with about 2000 Australians killed and about 3500 wounded, as well as those from other countries, in a short time.

The equivalent of “half the population of Douglas Shire was lost in that single battle”, he said.