Members of the Victor Harbor RSL gathered at the Victor Harbor cemetery on October 15 to honour a fallen World War One veteran who had been buried in an unmarked grave.

A new headstone for Ernest Webb was unveiled by President Kent Johncock to the sounds of a bugle.

The headstone has been installed by volunteers with the Headstone Project, which is seeking to identify unmarked veterans' graves across the country.

Volunteers for the project find veterans by checking burial records provided by the cemetery; they walk the cemetery with a map, looking for bare-earth plots.

They look for males and their year of birth. If born between 1970 and 1900 the volunteers then research the military service records and other sources and attempt to find their descendants.

Ernest Webb was a blacksmith who was born in Wolverhampton, England before migrating to Australia.

He joined up to fight in World War One in 1916 at the age of 23. At the time he was living in Crows Nest in Sydney with his wife Irene.

He served with the Wireless Signal Squadron and was discharged after the end of the war in 1918.

For more information on the Headstone Project or to volunteer your time contact 0411 670 775 or visit theheadstoneproject.org.