VICTORIA Cross winner Albert Borella, Sir John Monash and commander Norman Holbrook will feature as the local component of the Spirit of Anzac Centenary Experience due to be launched in Wodonga next week.
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott will officially open the exhibition on Friday with Wodonga chosen as the first of 23 stops across Australia.
Each stop will include a local flavour with Borella, Monash and Holbrook chosen for the Wodonga experience.
Borella was one of 64 Australians to receive the Victoria Cross for their actions during World War I and also served in World War II.
General Monash lived in Jerilderie during his childhood before serving at Gallipoli and the Western Front during World War 1.
Commander Holbrook was a British naval recipient of the Victoria Cross in 2014 and a year later had the town of Holbrook named after him.
Former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer has been appointed the envoy for the travelling exhibition.
He said Wodonga was honoured to be the starting point.
"We are well on the way to a full-house," he said.
"Once we get close to launch date it will be almost full.
"They can only accommodate 3000 people per day.
"I've seen it all mocked up and it will be bigger than you expect with some iconography which is just stunning.
"Some of which hasn't been on public display for many years.
"You will see stuff here that you wouldn't see on display in Canberra ordinarily."
Entry is free, but people must book.
More than 30 staff have been transforming the Wodonga Sports and Leisure Centre for the exhibition that will run from September 4-10.
A Mark-4 tank used in battles on the Western Front has already been placed into position.
"The visuals and screens, all 69 of them, are all spectacular stuff," he said.
Special guests to the opening include Telstra chief executive Andy Penn and Commonwealth Bank chief Ian Narev.
