Buangor, in Victoria's western district, will come to a halt on Sunday, September 27, when the grave of its most famous son is rededicated just over 75 years after his death.
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The chap in question has strong links to Canberra. He worked here during the early stages of World War Two and died in the fatal plane crash that rocked the Menzies' Government on August 13, 1940.
He was, of course, General Sir Cyril Brudenell Bingham White, a hero of Gallipoli and World War One who was called from his farm, a pastoral property called Woodnaggerak not far from Ararat, to serve as the Chief of General Staff on March 15, 1940.
General White took over from Lieutenant-General Ernest Squires who had died in office.
He died just five months later in the crash that claimed the lives of another nine men including four RAAF crew members, Army minister Brigadier Geoffrey Street, Air minister James Fairbairn, Science minister Henry Gullett, and two ministerial staff members.
The plane, a Hudson bomber, burst into flames on impact with the fire being so severe only fragmentary human remains were recovered.
General White was honoured with a state funeral at St Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne before being buried at Buangor's tiny country cemetery.
The files of the Ararat Advertiser recall it rained on the day and that a cortege of 150 motor cars travelled from the late general's home to the cemetery.
"A large body of returned soldiers from the Ararat and Beaufort areas preceded the hearse to the cemetery followed by leading Commonwealth military officers, many local dignitaries and landowners," it reported.
Concerns were raised in 2013 the hero's grave had been allowed to fall into disrepair and it has now been restored under the Anzac Centenary Local Grants program.
The alarm was raised by Ararat Legacy who initially took the matter to the Office of Australian War Graves.
While the manner of White's death continues to attract a great deal of attention his service in World War One defined his life.
Born in 1876 in the Victorian town of St Arnaud, he was commissioned into the Queensland Regiment of the Royal Australian Artillery in 1899 and went to South Africa in 1902, arriving just before the cessation of hostilities.
General Bridges's chief of staff during the establishment of the first AIF in 1914, General White landed at Gallipoli on April 25, 1914.
He planned and supervised the evacuation, the most successful operation of the entire campaign, before going on to make his mark on the Western Front.
