The Hay Water Tower art, painted by Melbourne artist Matt Adnate, was envisaged as a lasting tribute to the many servicemen and women that headed overseas to protect their loved ones and county.

Five WWII veterans were selected to represent a broad selection of the servicemen and women of Hay: Private William ‘George’ Cannon, Corporal Cliff Farlow, Private Norman Flack, Lieutenant Lorna Margaret Whyte from the Australian Army Nursing Service and Indigenous soldier Private Victor George Murray.

The Hay Water towers are part of the Australian Silo Art Trail, a collection of hundreds of sites dotted across the country.