Tuesday marked 100 years since the Battle of Fromelles and two services were held in Newcastle to honour and remember those fallen.

Private Henry Alfred Cressy was the focus of a memorial service at Sandgate Cemetery.

Private Cressy was a single loco river from Boolaroo and one of 100 known Newcastle and Hunter soldiers who were killed in the Battle of Fromelles.

A cross was laid on the unmarked gravesite of Private Cressy’s parents, Brougham and Ann Cressy.

Another service was held on the Newcastle ANZAC Memorial Walk on Tuesday evening.

But Mr Brown would also like to see a commemoration for those men from the area who fought and lost their lives in the Battle of Pozieres, which started on July 23, 1916.

According to Hunter Valley military historian David Dial more than 2500 Hunter Valley men fought at Pozieres and 75 of those were killed in action or died from wounds received in the battle.

The battle has personal significance for Mr Brown as his great uncle Viv “Bluey” Richardson, from Coffs Harbour, died there and he believes as a community “we need to do more to commemorate them”.

“Having visited the site on three occasions, one draws an appreciation of how many young Novocastrians still remain at this site that unfortunately is not well preserved,” Mr Brown said. “It is disappointing that Newcastle does not appear to be commemorating the centenary of this particular battle given the incredible loss of our boys.”

Mr Dial echoed the sentiments, saying it was important to remember “the service and sacrifice” of the many men who lost theirs lives in Pozieres “in the town they came from”.

According to national archives, almost as many Australians died in the six weeks of Pozieres as in Gallipoli’s eight-month campaign and official war historian Charles Bean said the fields there were “more densely sown with Australian sacrifice than any other place on earth”.

The Battle of Pozieres involved Australian divisions capturing and holding the village of Pozieres.