THE names of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan - possibly the last to die in Australia's longest conflict - will be officially unveiled at the Australian War Memorial this morning for Remembrance Day.
The men, who were the 39th and 40th Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan, could well be the last added to the Roll of Honour from the 12-year campaign, as most of the nation's troops will be withdrawn by the end of the year.
During the main service, Victoria Cross winner Ben Roberts-Smith will recite the names of the two fallen, Corporal Scott Smith and Corporal Cameron Baird.
Names are added to the Roll of Honour, alongside 102,000 Australians lost in more than a century of conflict, each Remembrance Day.
This year is the 95th anniversary of the end of World War I and the 20th anniversary of a eulogy delivered by former Labor prime minister Paul Keating for the re-interment of the unknown Australian soldier.
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Mr Keating returns to Canberra on Monday at the special invitation of the War Memorial Council to deliver this year's commemorative address at the national Remembrance Day ceremony.
Corporal Roberts-Smith will also recite Mr Keating's eulogy for the unknown soldier later in the day at the Memorial's Last Post ceremony.
Services will be held at war memorials in cities and towns across the country, where a minute's silence is observed from 11am.
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