Two wood-carved soldiers will now stand permanently at the entrance to Beaufort Memorial Park.

A third carving in the centre of the park’s rose garden depicts an airman, soldier, sailor and nurse.

The Beaufort Garden Club project took three years to complete and cost $12,000.

A proposal to use wood carvings was first put forward when a disease-ridden elm tree in the park was removed, however the wood was in too poor a condition to use.

Eventually a cedar tree from the Mechanic’s Institute was used.

Garden club president Pam Weller said the carvings, which are already in place ahead of Tuesday’s ceremony, are now the most photographed attraction in Beaufort.

“It has been a long long time but they are truly magnificent and we are so pleased to see them there,” she said.

“The garden club members have worked so hard, and they do a lot of work around town – people have donated their time and there was a lot of fundraising behind it all.

“They sometimes thought it would never happen.”

A march will start on Neill street at 10.30am, led by the Beaufort Town Band, and will finish at the park on Livingstone and Havelock Streets.

Following a memorial service the new carvings will be unveiled at 11.30am.