"Good afternoon Mr Hanlon,
The Memorial was appalled to learn of Mr Freeman’s alleged actions and the manner in which he appears to have used the Roll of Honour for his own enrichment. The allegations against him are indeed grave, especially given he claimed his activities were intended to better the lives of our veterans and their families.
I assure you that we have reached out to Mr Freeman to ask him to donate the Roll to the Memorial as he originally informed us he planned to do so that we can take care of it as part of the National Collection and honour those listed on it appropriately. To date we have received no response.
I further understand that the police are now investigating this matter and look forward to their uncovering the truth in this matter in due course. I am sure that the police are treating this case with all due diligence and care, they have their own Roll of Honour and I am sure they too feel the actions of Mr Freeman most keenly.
Thank you for your concern in this matter, I am very hopeful that it will be appropriately resolved in the near future.
Yours sincerely,
Chris Widenbar - Executive Officer
Office of the Director, Australian War Memorial"
I worked for Brian during the early stages of Walking Wounded, and I believe I even started on the same day as Tess (who commented on the 29/01/2019). I stayed with the company during the planning stages of Walking Wounded and attended and help organise a number of fundraising events. I was let go when I started questioning not only where the donations for Walking Wounded but also fund raised for other charities were going.
Brian Freeman was partners in another company, Executive Excellence , a trekking company. They had a charity calledKids Of Kokoda. I was using this money as an ex medic/ nurse setting up health programmes on the track, employing a local health worker etc. Brian was ripping money off out of that charity also. He also begged ex army guys to leave the ADF promising to pay out their Roso and giving them employment only to reneg onhis promise after they left leaving them in a poor situation. He rocked up one day with a new BMW and imguessing it was the charity money. He also claims to be an SF soldier. I was in 4RAR and worked on many courses. And don’t remember seeing him. He was the Adj at 4 RAR before the change over and early in the change over. If you come across Brian Freeman andJohn Miles. Stay away. Toxic people. Scammers, no integrity
I was employed by Freeman at the very start of this charity, as the “Master Planner”. I quit after 3 hours…literally. Don’t have much info but am happy to help if I can
Comments will be approved before showing up.
The consistent application of basic training principles is the little key. The heavy door is whatever your reason is for training the first place. Every locked door opens easily with the right key. You can hard-knock the bastard, breach your way through and get what you need. But in terms of longevity, that door is cactus.
Motivation for the motivated is a funny thing, because it isn’t about motivation at all. A tiny portion of society know exactly what they want, how to get it and what they have to do to achieve it.
They don’t need to be pushed or motivated, they need to be controlled.
Etienne Ryckmans
July 11, 2019
I have located Mr Freeman have a look at the website Adventure Excellence he is returning to PNG as a Guide he owes many people and villagers money