White wooden structures each bearing the name of a district serviceman or woman will be adorned with a poppy and a sprig of rosemary.

The crosses have previously decorated the memorial precinct in the past two years, but Saturday will be the first time in a new format before an Anzac Day crowd.

Instead of elderly RSL members having to hammer the wood into the grass they will simply slip them into special frames.

The crosses will be displayed in alphabetical order in neat grid patterns.

"It's marvellous. People are tickled pink," said RSL Camperdown branch member and former president Ray Murrihy.

"It's real heart-wrenching to see them all lined up."

The frames are the handiwork of Cobden's Ron Merigan, a former national serviceman who came up with the idea last year.

"I made four wooden frames which can hold 51 crosses," he said.

"The prototype was shown to RSL members who agreed it would save the crosses from falling apart and make it much quicker to erect," Mr Merigan, 76, said.

"All the crosses were then trimmed back to the same height and width.

"It saves us a lot of time to set them up."

The crosses were first made by participants of a Camperdown Community House program using donated timber about two years ago.

They will be set up for the Anzac dawn service.