Pte Hoskins enlisted on June 15, 1915 as part of the 30th Battalion D Company and left Sydney on November 9, 1915 onboard the HMAT A72 Beltana bound for Egypt and the Western Front.

During his service, he used his musical talents to great effect as a bugler and on his return put the bugle, and a second one he had used during the war, in an upstairs attic.

"After he passed away the bugles were found and we thought it might be nice to remember him by loaning one of the bugles to the local RSL," Mr Hoskins' grandson Richard Hoskins, of Kiama said.

"It is very special for us to hear grandad's bugle being played at local Anzac commemorations."

Jamberoo's Warwick Sporne, who is the regular bugler at Kiama's Anzac services, said using one used by Charles Hoskins was very special.

"I used to use a cornet, but around eight years ago the RSL was loaned the bugle and it is a real honour to use one that was actually used on the Western Front," Mr Sporne said.

"It definitely is much more authentic - the cornet is a more sweet sound, while the bugle has a brasher sound, which is more dominant."

Mr Sporne has his own special connection to World War I, with his grandfather Marden Sporne serving on the Western Front.

"He enlisted late, at 34 and was injured when shot in the shoulder and was taken to hospital.

"While he was there he met a pretty English lass and by the end of his three-month repatriation had married his sweetheart, before returning to the Front for a further two years.

"After the war he and my grandmother returned to Bellingen and had 11 children - he may have had a late start to married life, but was obviously keen to make up for lost time."

Mr Sporne will be part of both Kiama-Jamberoo Anzac celebrations.