The renewal has seen the 28 graves refurbished and the old concrete cover replaced with quartz, meaning the graves are no longer sealed and the section can be added to.

Creswick man Mark Spenceley said it meant a lot to his family to be able to bury his parents together.

"It was pretty stark, horrible really. Now we'll be able to put her ashes in with him," he said.

Mr Spenceley was referring to his mother, who died 18 months ago, 46 years after his father.

Mr Spenceley's father served in Europe with the Royal Welch Fusilliers in World War II before emigrating to Australia.

Creswick-Smeaton RSL secretary Phil Carter said the refurbished cemetery section would host important parts of their centenary events, beginning on Anzac Day eve.

"As you can see here, one of the men's service numbers is 123, so they were really among the first in the ADF," he said.

"Creswick would have been a little village (in 1914), and to have 1000 young men go off to war would have been devastating."

The cemetery re-dedication followed on from the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Creswick Cenotaph, with 25 people watching on as the Australian flag was raised on a new flagpole before the 28 veterans buried in the section.

The refurbishment was funded by the Department of Health, with contributions of $2000 and $1000 from the cemetery and the Creswick community bank respectively.

Mr Spenceley, who also had two grandfathers serve in World War I, said it was encouraging to see greater help available for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

"My father died aged 47, and had the stress and flashbacks (from the war)," he said.

"Back then they didn't treat it.

"Now people are recognising people who have done service might need help with it."