Neil Mackenzie Freeman
1890 - 1961
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Neil Mackenzie Freeman by
Vivian Hill
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When one thinks of the horrors of the battlefronts in France in the
First World War it is difficult to see how the participants could return
to normal civil life. Neil Freeman was in the thick of the fighting.
He won his D.S.O. at the battle of Polygon Woods in 1917 (one of the "step
by step" battles in Flanders). In those battles Australia lost 17,000
men for an advance of 4,200 yards.
He did return to civil life, setting up his practice in Yarra Street,
Geelong. He served as a councillor of the City of Geelong and was
on the board of various local community organizations. Not surprisingly,
when he tried to enter Federal Parliament he stood as an independent.
Arrangement of material
The list below describes material held in the Neil Mackenzie Freeman
archive box, which is located at 340.099452 Freema Hil/Nmf on the shelves in
the Geelong Lawyers' Collection within the Special Collection at the Waterfront
campus. The material has been arranged in date order.
| Date |
Title |
Item no. |
| 16/7/1931 |
Photocopy of lease agreement |
NF7 |
| 7/1943 |
3 Photocopied extracts from Geelong Advertiser re advertisements for
election |
NF6 |
| 16/1/1946 |
Australian Military Forces Certificate of Service of an Officer |
NF4 |
| 16/5/1957 |
Photocopy of lease agreement re office |
NF8 |
| 11/1961 |
Photocopy of obituary from Geelong Advertiser |
NF1 |
| 11/1961 |
Photocopy of court tribute to N. Freeman from Geelong Advertiser |
NF2 |
| 8/11/1994 |
Notes of interview by V. Hill with H. Fallaw re
N. Freeman
[Click on image to enlarge it.] |
NF3 |
| 1999 |
Extract from Ashby State School by C. Dearnley re address by Freeman
on Anzac Day |
NF5 |
| |
Photocopy of N.M. Freeman's Defence Service Record from the National Archives
of Australia |
NF9 |
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