Whyalla City Council has planted the seeds for an Avenue of Honour to recognise the city's fallen service personnel.
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Councillor Tom Antonio moved a motion that as an Anzac Day centenary project, the names of all service personnel from Whyalla who lost their lives at war be commemorated through plaques to be installed along the median strips on Nicolson Avenue and McDouall Stuart Avenues.
The motion was carried at the council meeting on April 20 and the council will form a working alliance with Whyalla RSL to determine the design, budget and location of the memorial.
An Avenue of Honour is a memorial avenue of trees, with each tree symbolising a fallen person.
Cr Antonio said the project would coincide with the Anzac Day centenary and there were currently 547 Avenues of Honour in Australia.
Cr Antonio said he favoured Nicolson Avenue for the memorial's location and said it would be eye-catching when the Illawarra Flame Trees were fully grown.
"I think it's a great time, particularly because we've just planted the Illawarra Flame Trees," Cr Antonio said.
"They [flame trees] are native, hardy and flower from November to early January, including Remembrance Day; these trees can be seen for five kilometres on flat ground.
"I think it will be pretty special."
The motion was seconded by councillor Colin Carter who said it would look "spectacular".
"I think it's a wonderful gesture and one that would be appreciated by the community," Cr Carter said.
"I give it my full support."
Councillor Sarah Minney did not support the motion and said she was concerned it was a "slap dash" response, instead wanting a working party to develop a meaningful tribute.
"I'm concerned at this idea because it seems like a quick fix," Cr Minney said.
Cr Minney said she supported the general idea but wanted a longer consultation process with the community and RSL.
Cr Minney said Nicolson Avenue was already known as the "arts precinct" and said the Avenue of Honour needed to be "contextually appropriate".
"I really like the idea of marking the Anzac centenary somehow, I think it's an important thing to commemorate," she said.
"I think if we are going to commemorate the loss of lives, it needs to be done in a meaningful way."
No consensus was reached over the location with some councillors preferring Essington Lewis Avenue and the council will now work with the RSL.
