ANZAC Centenary Committee chair Graham Allen and secretary John Kent briefed senior staff from the Valley's schools at the meeting at the Bowraville RSL.

Graham said there were a number of treats in store for all students who march - from complimentary showbags through to souvenir hats.

Each child will bear the name of a local ANZAC Digger - and the organisers will endeavour to give preference to those children with a family connection to a particular service person.

"But there were some 600 Diggers who left the Valley, so we'll have plenty (of names) left over," Graeme said.

John told the meeting that after careful consideration and audition, Bowraville Central student Damien Cross had won selection to deliver The Ode.

There are also plans for a current servicewoman from the Valley to give the keynote address.

While each of the towns in the Valley will hold their own dawn services as is the custom, the combined ceremony will be at Bowraville, with proceedings starting with the march at 10am.

The march is expected to take about 15 minutes, finishing at the recently refurbished cenotaph where the main program will be held.

Buses will run from all of the major towns of the Valley to Bowraville, and return after formalities conclude at around 11.15am.

Centenary committee member Jim Cameron told Thursday's briefing he'd been unable to make one of the meetings only to discover at the next gathering that he'd been elected in abstentia to oversee the wreath laying - in itself one of the most complicated segments of the observation.

The plan is for three schools at a time to lay wreaths, and Jim urged each school to contact either John or himself with the names of their representatives so the schedule can be fine-tuned (call 6564-7056).