NEWLYN resident John Hungerford wants all war veterans commemorated with a local monument.

Hepburn Shire Council proposes to erect a monument to recognise Sutton Park soldier settlers.

But Mr Hungerford said servicemen and women from all wars needed to be recognised.

"I cannot support the contention that our community should first erect a monument to one subsection of the service community in the hope that the wider service community will be later recognised," Mr Hungerford said.

"If it is going to be done it has to be done right the first time because we probably won't get another chance."

He said he strongly supported the council's proposal, but wanted to recognise soldier settlers and servicemen and women who were not soldier settlers.

"To ensure the soldiers settlers are appropriately recognised any memorial should be in two sections.

"The most prominent recognising all Newlyn and district servicemen and women from all conflicts and the second section recognising and acknowledging the long standing contribution to the community made by the Sutton

Park soldier settlers."

Mr Hungerford's family provided four generations of military service Australia. He served with the Australian Defence Forces in Vietnam from 1962 to 1968.

An honour roll in Newlyn's St Matthews Church lists 16 soldiers from nine families from the district who served in World War I.