Veteran suicide today's biggest issue: Freeman

It's the same distance he has walked every day for more than 50 days to raise awareness and funds to support wounded veterans of Australia's most recent conflicts.

The Walking Wounded chief executive officer is walking - and kayaking - from the tip of Queensland to the southern end of Tasmania, taking with him the Afghanistan Roll of Honour.

Mr Freeman arrived at Dubbo about lunch time, alongside 25 local veterans and some Families of the Fallen who joined him.

For the first 15 kilometres out of Gilgandra, Mr Freeman was also joined NSW Governor David Hurley.

Speaking to those gathered at the community event in Victoria Park, Mr Freeman said suicide among veterans was today's problem that should have been fixed yesterday.

"In the US 5200 soldiers have been killed in war since 1999, but 128,000 have committed suicide. That's 22 a day, everyday," he said.

Mr Freeman said there had been young and old veterans in every town he has stopped in along his trip so far.

"We've stopped in every one of those towns and we've told them to reach out to those young veterans in the community and keep an eye on them," he said.

Event organiser Ximena Smith there had been there had been no suicide among the soldiers engaged in the Walking Wounded program.

"People are going on a lot more deployments now, where it used to only be one deployment in a lifetime," Ms Smith said.

Walking Wounded was started eight years ago. Initially the primary focus was supporting soldiers with physical injuries, but Mr Freeman said that had changed.

"Mental wounds are far more debilitating than physical wounds, and those who have physical wounds probably have mental as well," he said. From Dubbo, Mr Freeman will head to Peak Hill. More information about the walk or the charity can be found at www.walkingwounded.org.au.