Cobden Technical School and the town's Cemetery Trust collaborated to identify 37 graves of men and women who served in the wars and as a sign of respect, an Australian flag was flown at each of the graves.

Cobden Technical School principal Rohan Keert said the project connected year nine humanities students with the community.

"At the commencement of the project, the Cobden Cemetery Trust were aware of 16 veterans who had been buried at the Cobden Cemetery," he said. "Through the course of this project, and the community involvement that it has generated, an additional 21 graves were identified as belonging to veterans.

"The students were interested with connecting the names of soldiers with the history of war they were learning in the classroom. Some were even finding their grandparent's connection and asking their families what happened.

"In a small town like Cobden, this project has really strengthened the connection between generations."

The students raised the flags at each of the veteran's graves on April 22 and they will remain flying over the course of the week.

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Cobden Cemetery Trust secretary Jo Beard said the flag raising ceremony would become a new tradition for the community.

"It's been an incredible and special project," she said. "It's something other cemeteries do in places like Colac and Geelong and we've always spoken about it as a group but we've never had the ability to do it until the school came on board.

"We've done a search history on each of the veterans and we've been able to find their service and rank.

"It's been a humbling experience that I think we'll all treasure, we've learnt so much."

Ms Beard said the project would continue as the trust knew of at least 35 more unknown graves.

If you have a family member who was a veteran and is buried in the Cobden Cemetery, you can fill out a form to have their grave commemorated with an Australian flag on Anzac Day by contacting Cobden Technical School or Jo Beard on cobdencemeterytrust@gmail.com

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