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Exercise Caution! Military fakes are everywhere.

Australian Military Imposters Exposed:

PRESS RELEASE

19 Apr 2007

Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence Media Mail List
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CORRECT WEARING OF SERVICE MEDALS ENCOURAGED

The Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence, Bruce Billson, today
warned people against posing as war veterans on Anzac Day, indicating
that such behaviour was disrespectful to Veterans and Service personnel
and punishable by law.
Read the full release here

HOSKIN John William

2nd Apr 2008

ANZMI were approached by Vietnam veterans residing in Melbourne's Yarra Ranges and outer Eastern regions over an article which appeared in the Lilydale Journal - a subsiduary of the Fairfax Community Network. Read his story here

BAYLISS Danny

 

6 Feb 2008

 

Danny Bayliss
    A good percentage of the frauds, fakers and wannabes featured on our "Cases" pages have honourable, if undistinguished, genuine military service. Instead of being proud of this service, they have heavily embellished it or created a whole new fraudulent history for themselves. Danny Bayliss is another one of these who claims unearned status and qualifications. Read his story here

 Quick, Kevin Lionel"Mother" 5 JAN 2008

KEVIN LIONEL QUICK ex 2792990  nickname ' Mother '  This story has been compiled by a D & E member who served in the unit at the same time as  "Mother" Quick.  The story you are about to read has been verified by other members of the Defence and Employment Platoon  [D & E Pl] and this is their true recollection of events.  All facts have been checked against military records by ANZMI and what you see here, is the real story.  more

Custodial sentence awarded

 

Bees Anthony George

31 Oct 2007

The 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars was first raised as Henry Conyngham's Regiment of Dragoons in Ireland in 1693. It saw service for three centuries, including service in Korea in 1950 - 1951. The warriors from this ancient, fierce unit are displeased with  Anthony George Bees who has brought discredit to their illustrious history. The United Kingdom Korean Veterans Association, the Australian Korean Veterans Association and veterans generally are disgusted at the contemptuous behaviour of this ex British soldier who says he served in Korea with The 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars then was a Special Forces hero who was awarded an MM and Bar for his part in quelling the savage Mau Mau uprising in Kenya during the 1950s 

Read more here

HALIM  [Sam] Asim

25 Oct 2007

Asim (Sam) Halim the recently sacked President from the Healesville RSL is a master of innuendo a conman and wannabe. Sam Halim was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Clerk who held the rank of Flight Sergeant on retirement. Because of his Egyptian heritage he was occasionally  employed as an Interpreter. Unfortunately his interpretation of the truth of his service is somewhat sullied by lies, and of a lesser quality than his Arabic interpreting skills. In addition last ANZAC day he was found to be wearing medals he is not entitled to.

 Read his story here

 

WAUGH Peter Ross "Muddy"

 

12 Sep 2007

"My name is "Muddy" to my friends, a name given by my fellow infantry mates (GRUNTS). Because of my stature I spent quite a bit of time in the tunnels of south Vietnam so hence the name ."  They are the first sentences in the war memoirs of  Peter "Muddy" Waugh who decided to raise his profile by publishing some facts about himself. At the time, he was a member of the Taree Vietnam Veterans Association (VVA) and  had developed a penchant to exaggerate and downright lie about his military service.  The Taree VVA seems to attract people of this inclination as evidenced on our web site by other Taree VVA members, Ken Doran, Russel Lee Jones, Graham Stenner and James Meehan. We believe Waugh has since resigned his membership from the Taree VVAA .  As yet we don't know whether he was pushed or gracefully fell on his sword. In any case, he has left the legacy of being famous for his "Waughy stories"

Read his story here 

 KIRKMAN Harry John

7 Aug 2007

Harry Kirkman insists that Two Hundred prisoners of war including women, children and aged persons were gruesomely and relentlessly tortured on the deck of HMAS VENDETTA between the 29th November 1965 and 4th December 1965. He also insists that sometime between 20 November 1965 and March 1966 a riot took place near a British naval base in Singapore in which a British serviceman was killed and crew from HMAS Vendetta were injured.  Did these events really happen or has Harry Kirkman concocted  a "story" to  enhance his war experience and gain benefits from The Department of Veterans Affairs for himself and others?  Full story here

KEINZLEY Jack




1 Aug 2007

Following ANZAC day 2007 there was a lot of confused communication between the "Shaky Island" and ANZMI.

 

A much decorated person appeared at a New Zealand  ANZAC day event claiming to be Jack Keinzley. Among his startling array of medals, badges and trinkets was a Purple Heart he claims was awarded to him by the President of the USA when he "signed off" as a US Navy SEAL

 

The real Jack Keinzley was known to have gone to the old soldiers home in the sky.  Had he only faked his demise, or being a famous soldier and an ex Regimental Sergeant Major, perhaps he had been resurrected.    Read more here

  McCarthy Paul Warren


Bogus Cadet Corps

19 Feb
2005

Sometimes, you run across a person who tries to be seen as a “Big Man”, in the community, but in the case of this pretender, it would appear to be for little reasons, because this bogus Military Cadet Officer has an agenda relative to children and unofficial Cadet Units with alleged endangerment to those in his care  He is still operating somewhere in Australia.  He was forced to move his operation through exposure for taking Cadets to the wrong side of the border at the beginning of the Timor crisis.  Read the full story of McCarthy's background and if you have children in his bogus cadet unit please alert the Police and Army units in your location as he is operating without the approval of the Australian Defence Force Cadet Corps. 
30 July 2007     Go here for   more

STOCKS Sydney Nelson  8 July 2006    27 June 2007


31 May 2006

We are receiving more and more reports about senior citizens who have been enhancing their war service for what appears to be almost a lifetime. Some of these old frauds have been wandering the corridors of RSL clubs for an eternity and who's to say they weren't part of the hard core heroes who derided the war service of Vietnam Veterans and denied them acceptance into their little circle.

Now, people who have been concerned about these wannabes for years have a venue to expose the lies of these old frauds who have probably been the cornerstones of many an organisation since WW2 due to their "profiles"    ANZMI will expose these wannabes for what they are, regardless of age.

World War 2 wannabe hero Sydney Stocks volunteered himself as patron of an Air Force Cadet unit but fortunately an alert Staff Officer did some background checks on him and declined the offer. The officer found that Stocks is an old fraud but he wasn't aware of the depth of the fraudulent behaviour and for how long it had been going on.  This is one occasion that a Cadet unit got lucky in exposing a fraud before he had the opportunity to fill the heads of our young people with lies, unlike some other RAAF, RAN and Army Cadet units.   See more on Stocks here

NICHOLSON Michael John


3 Apr 2006

Michael John Nicholson, 39 years old of Bellevue Hill, as a highly decorated Australian Army Colonel commanding respect reserved for our loyal servicemen.

The truth of the matter is that Mike Nicholson is an impostor who served one year with the Army Reserves before he was discharged in 1987. He was never an officer and never saw active service. He was also never awarded medals that he wore when masquerading as a Colonel. 

25 May 2007                        See more here

BENNETT Bryan David

 

8 Jan 2007

EX SERVICE ORGANISATIONS AND LONELY  WOMEN BEWARE OF BRYAN DAVID BENNETTS BORN 17TH APRIL 1965 IN DURBAN SOUTH AFRICA 

22 May 2007 7 Aug 07

Jailed, fined $12,000 and deported.    Read more here

 

BAIN David Malcolm


24 Mar 2006
 

BAIN, David Malcolm  Born 4 November 1954.   Wannabe Australian & US Air Force fighter/helicopter pilot and war hero.  The third "Blue Orchid" in our trilogy.

David Bain wore an Australian Air Force Pilot brevet but he is just another impostor involved with Air Force Cadets.   He worked his way into a high position within the RAAF controlled organisation and was exposed as a wannabe.   He was sacked just as his mate Keaton was and has become yet another embarrassment to the RAAF which is still reeling from other allegations of impropriety.

Why does he appear here on our website after having been exposed in a newspaper article on 19 March 06? (see the Keaton story below)

Click on the link to find out why.  more
19 May 2007   29 Sept 2007

BENNETT Peter

16 Mar 2007

Peter Bennett, failed truck driver, failed bank robber, failed volunteer national serviceman masqueraded as an elite serviceman and again failed when he was caught out.  This fool, described in the press as "the epitome of Regimental Style" turned up at RAAF Base Williams, Point Cook, looking like what we as servicepersons would describe as "a bag of shit tied in the middle", not the epitome of Regimental style.  We wont note the mistakes with his uniform that would have easily brought him undone as the wannabes who read this site may pick up on the information, but look at the photos yourself and see how easily it is to detect an impostor if you are a serving or former serving member.  To dress in the manner he has, wearing the rank that he chose to impersonate should have immediately rung alarm bells.  Servicepersons attending functions should always take note of the dress, bearing, embellishments and medals of those around you.  We are in an age of terrorism and this bloke could well have been one of them who infiltrated our Defence Force, but we guess he would have failed their cadre course as well had he applied!!!  He is not very bright at all. 
19 May 07

See him here

CRASE Jeffery J




20 Apr 2007

Legion of Frontiersmen of the Commonwealth, (Countess Mountbatten's Own) and Cadets Commanding Officer.

"Lieutenant Colonel" Jeffery. J. Crase JP VMSM LMSM LCM ACM AMM CDM struts his stuff and his sixteen medal ribbons on ANZAC Day ceremonial parades in Adelaide under the noses of the Returned Services League (RSL) and genuine  Veterans. He has struggled for many years to be seen as an "officer and gentleman" and has added a lot of medal ribbons to his lonely Defence Force Service Medal (DFSM) to make believe he is a person of some consequence.

On ANZAC Day 2003 we are reliably advised that he was wearing the rank of a Brigadier but now he appears to have settled on the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

  3 May 2007             His story is here

JORDAN Antony "Tony" Francis

9 Jan 2007

1: CMF 1960's

2: Current Vice President VVAA Phillip Island (Museum Branch)

3: Convicted bogus Vietnam veteran.

4: Unsuccessful DVA  veteran's Disability Pension applicant

5: AATTV association scourge   

6: Expelled from US Special Operations Association.......

  3 May 2007     13 June 2007

     Read more here

         

PHILLIPS Paul Stephan

16 Apr 2007

Paul Stephan Phillips Service Number 222341 is an ex serviceperson who served his country as an infantry man. For that he should be proud.  Instead of pride however, he followed a path of jealousy and deceit.  He pretended to be a veteran of the Vietnam War and wore ribbons and medals not conferred on him.  These acts, if true, are offences under sections 80A and 80B of the Defence Act 1903 and each can incur penalties of up to $3300.00 and or 6 months imprisonment.  If you want to review the evidence of this persons alleged offences, read here

FREEDMAN David

20 Mar 2007

David Freedman, 66 years, of Cooloongup, Western Australia, claims to have served with the British SAS, and in the Australian SAS and AATTV under the name of a genuine decorated veteran in South Vietnam and Cambodia. He also claimed that he was wounded in action and awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. That's not all, under the nickname of "SARGE" he also claims to be the founding member of the VVMC (Vietnam Veterans Motor Cycle Club).Is this man telling the truth? To find out read here

SHAW William Tasman (Bill)

22 Feb 2007

William Tasman (Bill) Shaw, Royal New Zealand Navy, was attached to United States Forces,  Mekong Delta river boat patrols during the Vietnam war.  One of Shaw's duties was that of a "Bubbly".  As Navy clearance diver;  the intrepid Shaw searched for submerged mines in the turbid waters of the Mekong Delta,  he carried out this duty under horrendous conditions to the point where he could not put his head under the shower for fear of awakening his horrific memories.  Shaw suffered debilitating nightmares of Viet Cong "coming at him" across the paddy fields .  To ease  his night horrors he would constantly phone welfare officers of ex service organizations in the middle of the night seeking help to ease the  terror and anxiety of his Vietnam memories.  Bill was also a bird enthusiast,  one night the Viet Cong got into his aviary and were eating his birds, Bill soon fixed them, he mixed up some "Napalm" and set fire to his aviary.  Next morning there were no Viet Cong found in the burnt out wreckage of his Cairns, Queensland aviary.  Read more here

DiTullio Alfonso

19 Feb 2007

A man who served  with the Army Reserve and claimed to have served in Namibia and Rwanda with the Royal Australian Regiment, Infantry. He also claimed to be the only member alive from his squad/platoon as the rest had committed suicide. Another disgraced RSL executive officer. How many more are out there?  There are quite a few, another RSL President poseur will appear on this page soon. As we wrote some time ago, the RSL is a breeding ground for wannabes and here's further proof.

Read two verbatim reports on this individual and his posing here and wonder how he got away with his lies for so long.

 

STUPAR Frank John

9 Jan 2007

STUPAR, Frank - ex Royal Australian Navy (RAN), service number R54305, born 4 April 1940.  Another sailor who was on a "secret" mission in Vietnam, the details of which will never be disclosed. Read more here
 

HALE Robin Alan

9 Jan 2007

Robin Alan Hale, aka Robin Graf Von Halle is a career wannabe who claims to have been a  Count,  Knight,  General,  Vietnam Veteran, Policeman,  Frontiersman,  Sword of honour winner,  Afghan Freedom Fighter,  Medal Dealer and  Hairdresser.  We believe  he may have achieved  some of the ten occupations shown as we  know  he was a "dapper hand" as a hairdresser, and  medal dealer who likes to display his wares  but generally he is best described as an artist of the male bovine variety.  Read more here

PIDGEON Stuart

27 Oct 2006

Stuart Pidgeon, an employee of Lakes Entrance RSL wears the famed diving dolphins denoting service as a Submariner, one of the most arduous duties in the RAN. Read more here

WATSON Paul


8 Oct 2006

Paul Watson attended ANZAC Day 2006 celebrations in Mackay with some genuine war veterans.   He was wearing very soiled and bedraggled campaign ribbons indicating service in Vietnam, they were the Vietnam Ribbon, the Vietnam Campaign Ribbon and what was believed to be the Australian Active Service Medal Ribbon.  Had he ever been a regular soldier or served in Vietnam?  No this wannabe and liar had not. See the full story here

JONES Russell Lee


12 Sep 06

Royal Australian Navy Chief Petty Officer, Royal Navy Reserve Lieutenant, Merchant Navy Ships Captain (Master Mariner) and Australian civilian coast guard volunteer.  A reasonably impressive list of credentials for any old salt but unfortunately only the last one is true.  

JONES is the second member of a small group of wannabes in his area to appear on our website and he won't be the last.  He's also another impostor who abused trust placed in him by dedicated people who oversee the operations of our valuable civilian volunteer services.  Usually his first reaction to any question about his claims of marine qualifications are "QUESTION MY CREDENTIALS AND I'LL SUE ".  How very typical of a cornered wannabe.

We asked him to provide verification of his claims and all we received was a wall of silence.  

Read the full story about "CAPTAIN" RUSSELL LEE JONES and his "credentials" here

DORAN Kenneth James


 

14 Sep 2006
KENNETH JAMES DORAN. aka Ken Doran, David Doran & Rodney Doran.
Mr. Doran has made claims of war service in Viet Nam, of being an Army Officer, of being currently on leave of absence from the Department of Foreign Affairs and having a contract with the Government.  He and his two associates were sent from our Nations Capital to expose wannabes in the Taree area of NSW. One of these cohorts claims to have saved Doran’s life in Viet Nam.
 The basic fact is that Mr. K. J. Doran served in the Army for 11 months before being discharged on Psychiatric grounds.  No overseas service.  No discharge as a Major. more.

HAMMAL  Roque Charles [China]

10 Sep 06

   10 Sep 06

One of Australia's top 10 wannabes on Long Tan Day 2006, Orange, New South Wales.   This blatant fraud is still playing the "War Veteran" with his Vietnamese Campaign Medal, (4th from the left on his medals bar) and his silly "Tin" trinkets.   (click here for a larger photo) 

Our apologies. This photo was from 2005, not 2006 as we previously wrote. The fact that he was still flouting Commonwealth law at that time remains

Most have read the cases published below about the heroic exploits of some of our infamous wannabe’s. However this story is about a 'high profiled' Veteran, called 'China' Hammal who has pulled the wool over so many people’s eye’s it was very nearly a case of "you can fool all the people all the time."  more

 VAN DER KLOOSTER William 13 Oct 2006


4 Sep 06

A serial Impostor.

William Van Der Klooster, born in 1947, at North Richmond, NSW, was seen at Katoomba RSL Club, NSW on Anzac Day, 25th April, 2006.  He was wearing an Australian Naval Officer's uniform showing the rank of Captain and with numerous ribbons indicating overseas service.  He was also wearing metal "pilot's" wings and metal insignia on each shirt collar as well as being in possession of a Naval Officer's peaked cap (Captain or higher).  Was this man a real naval officer?  No he was not and he had been arrested charged and fined for a similar offence prior to this.  Read about this pathetic wannabe here

WALTER Russell


15 Aug 06

  

Another impostor who finished up in the uppermost echelon of a Returned and Services Leagues Club (RSL) and yet another sad indictment on this Ex-Service Organisation (ESO) that over the years has allowed many such impostors to determine individual club policy and perhaps the wellbeing of its members.
This wannabe presented himself as a 65 "mission" (sortie) pilot who "spotted Cessnas" in Vietnam, and at the same time flew for a private company in Laos (Air America?) and is a spokesman on international Intelligence.
WALTER has offered an apology of sorts so if any bona fide ex-service persons wish to accept or reject it, email us at information@anzmi.net clearly stating your name and service credentials. They will not be published and your complete anonymity is assured.

Read more about this wannabe, another 1950s era National Serviceman who went wrong.  HERE

BAYLEY Graeme 27 Aug06

15 Aug 06

 

 Another high profile Veteran who lied about his tour in Vietnam for personal gain.  
He was a senior member of the Vietnam Veteran's Association of Australia in an executive position, a wannabe who verbally extended his short time in Vietnam to over 10 months and illegally wears the Vietnamese Campaign Medal, an offence punishable by law.
He is quoted as saying  "He found fitting back into life at home was easier for him than others"    This could possibly be explained by the short period of time he spent in Vietnam.
Read about how he upset some former Infantrymen who served with 4RAR  HERE

HERRIOTT Harry (Hal) Francis 31 July 2006

 

Harry (Hal) Francis Herriott born Wimbledon UK 1920  

Enlisted  Australian Army at Geraldton Western Australia 26 April 1940.  

According to Hal Herriott he was one hell of a soldier, however his stories of daring service on Crete in 1941 are wildly heroic and dishonourable lies.   

Herriott did not fight against the Germans on Crete as an Infantry soldier with the 2/11 Battalion during May 1941 and did not fight against the Germans as a freedom fighter for five months following the surrender of the Battalion on or about 30 May 1941 as claimed.   As far as we can ascertain, he was never on Crete to escape in a fishing boat and be picked up by a submarine.

During the greater majority of his overseas war service he was with an Australian Army Service Corps Petrol Company.  Judging by his records, Herriott was a truck driver who knew how to use a radio, no more, no less. 

After receiving our request for clarification of his service, via an intermediary he verified his true service details as presented by us but when asked specifically about being on Crete he replied....

"When we went to Greece we went to Kalamia and were evacuated from there on a Royal Navy cruiser that dropped us off at Crete, they must have got the records wrong or assumed I came back on another ship."

Read what he had to say about his war service and what the records say HERE

 

SANGSTER Perry Stuart (Lofty)


8 May 2006

Perry Stuart (Lofty) SANGSTER has associated with veterans for many years, as a member of various motor cycle groups in the Northern Territory and South Australia, including the H.O.G. (Harley Owners Group) in Darwin, Alice Springs and Adelaide, Australia Patriots M/C and Southern Cross M/C.  Sangster has regaled members of these clubs with stories of his extraordinary service in South Vietnam, with the SAS (Special Air Service) and the U.S. 5th Airborne, and of the war wounds he received to his back and legs.

His further claims of having served in Somalia and Gulf War 1 have been dismissed as the ramblings of a complete fool.

Click here  to see the truth. 

DONOVAN Steven James


10 Apr 06

A brief mention of one "Steven J. Donovan" in a Perth Sunday newspaper, the "Sunday Times" of 29 January 2006, sparked a string of enquiries to ANZMI and unearthed a story of a known military impostor who has been involved in some unusual activities connected with various war memorials in Queensland over the last 3-4 years.  more

HAWKINS Peter Stanley


21 Mar 2006

Peter Stanley Hawkins, Service No A117150. A 35 year career Airman who took mandatory retirement at the age of 55 in 2002. He reached the pinnacle of his career as a Warrant Officer, Discipline, WO(D) in the Royal Australian Air Force. He then went off the rails.  See the full story here

KEATON Graham or Grahame Frederick

21 March 2006 - 29 Apr 2006 - 28 May 2006


11 Mar 2006

KEATON, Graham (or Grahame) Frederick. ex- 217183. Born 1948.
This man was photographed at a dining in night with an Air Force Cadets unit while wearing the Infantry Combat Badge and the General Service Medal, he is not entitled to either. 

He says he was an Infantry Sergeant in Vietnam with the Third Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, when in fact he was a Temporary Corporal storeman and served his tour in the relative safety of his 25 Supply Platoon store at Vung Tau with the occasional visit to Nui Dat.   January 1968 to January 1969. 
  See more here

NEWTON Reginald Bruce

2 April 2006 - 8 July 2006. Also updated with Sydney Morning Herald Article on the media pages.


5 Mar 2006

Reginald Bruce Newton claims to be a hero of the "Cold War" who joined British Intelligence, aged 20 years, became a Commissioned Officer in the British Army, gaining the rank of Major in three years and winning an MC and Bar as well as seeing covert service in Europe, Laos, Mongolia and Korea. He was medically discharged as a Major MC and Bar aged 23 years. See the full story here

SCHMIDT Colin William


25 Feb 2006

  9 Mar 2006         
 Colin William Schmidt – Kingaroy Queensland

Colin William Schmidt born 24 April 1931 has lived most of his life around Kingaroy, a rural town in Queensland about 210 kilometres North West of Brisbane. He is pictured below resplendent with his Korea Medal and his RSL badge and tie. Colin William Schmidt is a sad Wannabe .  See more here

DAY Brian Raymond 20 May 2006

 
 14 Feb 2006

DAY Brian Raymond. aka Dr and Sir Brian Day.

A very high profile Vietnam Veteran whose tales of war service are almost legend. Unfortunately not all of them are true, we debunk one Here

"in conjunction with the Brian Day story read the case below".  Dr Barry Wright appears to be a good friend of Dr Brian Day and equally interesting reading."  


This photo is from John Pilger's book, "A Secret Country"

WRIGHT Barry Owen
29 Apr 2006   
7 May 2006

6 Feb 2006

Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Naval Reserve (RANR), Australian Regular Army (ARA) and the Army Reserve (ARES).

Serial wannabe, unabashed fraud, alleged forger of Military documents and pathological liar.

A former Army Captain and wannabe who is, or was, a person of note within ex-service organisations, the Returned Services League Queensland (RSL), Vietnam Veteran's Association of Australia (VVAA, NSW  Branch Inc) and the Vietnam Veteran's Federation of Australia (VVFA). Wright was an RSL Sub-Branch Secretary and currently enjoys a high profile within the two other organisations.

He is also a member of the VVAA National Council NSW Branch Inc. but as an ordinary member only, he holds no executive positions. more

 

NEMTSAS Stanley Demitrios

 


29 Oct 2005

upgraded
20 Feb 2006

Stanley Demetrios NEMTSAS DOB 18th March, 1938.  1 Third Street , Merbein, Victoria.

 

Stan Nemtsas is the Senior Vice President of the Mildura RSL which he claims he joined in 1964 and a member of the National Servicemen's Association, Mallee Sub-Branch, Mildura. He was a member of the Board of Management at the Sunraysia Regional Veterans Centre.

 

Stan is another senior member of an Ex-Servicemen's Organization who claims to have been on Active Service in South Vietnam in this case with the Australian Special Air Service. He has also boasted of being awarded a Certificate of Appreciation for his service in Vietnam which he could not talk about as it was "hush, hush", secret business.

 

He has also claimed that he was called up for National Service on the 30th December, 1958.

 

He was photographed on VP Day 2005 wearing only three medals, Reserve Forces Medal,  National Medal and the National Service Medal.

 

In actual fact he only served in the CMF/Army Reserve for a period of 29 years, was never a National serviceman and did not serve with the SAS  or serve on active service in South Vietnam or anywhere else for that matter.   For the full story on Nemtsas go here

  SHAKESPEARE Danny Robert, aka Michael Paggett


Bogus
SAS

14 March
2005

If you have further information on this conman you think the courts need to know please email us with the information and we will pass it on for you.

 It is unsure if this con man was caught because of the link that was on these pages, but it makes no difference in the long run.  He has finally been caught and another SAS bogus veteran is in the hands of the law.   The link has been removed, he is captured and we now await the results of his trial.  They will be displayed here as soon as known.

See more here on the Media Wall of Shame

MEE Henry [Harry]   29 May 2004

                                       24 Nov 2005



 Henry [Harry] Mee is a Veteran in his own right having enlisted in the Australian Regular Army [ARA] in 1965.   He also claims seven years service in the Irish Army as a Corporal and Sergeant with the service number 803100.   He has stated this on his enlistment documentation when he enlisted in the ARA.   What Henry failed to list on his documentation is several of the medals he wears and claims from his British service.    The area for these awards to be listed on his enlistment documentation is blank.   Would a soldier who has been awarded medals by another of the Commonwealth forces fail to indicate his entitlement, which would also give him the right to wear these medals on his uniform on enlistment into the Australian Army?   No.  They would have taken pride of place on his chest if he had earned them.   Go here to read his full story and how he has been busted at an AAT by the Department of Veterans Affairs MEE

THELMA AND LOUISE
aka POLGAR Louis and WIJNHOLTS Hendrik
 12 Sept 2007



9 Nov 2005

Louis Polgar and Hendrik Winjhots are good mates and have become known as Thelma and Louise as they do everything together.  Right down to and including concocting fictitious active service.  Both of them frequent several Returned and Services League's in Victoria, but the following information might just see them removed from these clubs because of their lies about Service.  Go here to see more on THELMA & LOUISE

Robert Michael Freshfield


24 Oct 2005

Another senior member of an ex-service organisation. In fact,  a pensions officer and a Junior Vice - President of the Vietnam Veteran's Association of Australia, NSW Branch Inc. (VVAA) 

Also the newsletter editor and webmaster for the Vietnam Veteran's Federation of Australian (VVFA).  Both groups share office space and office bearers.

A National Serviceman [conscript, draftee] from 8 July 1970 to 7 January 1972 who served for 8 1/2 months in Vietnam.  

An Infantryman who remained on base in Vietnam while others were outside the wire doing what Infantrymen normally do, seek out and engage the enemy in battle.

Then again, his records show that he was regarded as a below average Soldier with his weak subjects being shooting and all fieldwork, so why not keep him behind the wire where he wouldn't be a danger to himself and others. His records suggest he could never have been the forward scout he says he was.  Here for the full story.

NICHOLSON Roy (aka Bill)


22 Oct 2005

Roy Nicholson suffered a stroke in 2004 that he says was brought on by his Army service in Vietnam, he is unfortunately wheelchair bound. We had to overlook Nicholson's infirmity to present his exposure as a wannabe because many real war veterans suffer from extreme disabilities and this individual is not going to cash in on his. The fact was that his family and friends were sick and tired of putting up with his antics and lies.  They believed that once he was made aware of his exposure here on our site, he would wake up and stop.  He has been posing as a Veteran for over thirteen years and used his tales of heroism to win over his now estranged wife. Go here to see Roy aka Bill

WHALE David Edward John


21 Oct 2005

David Whale, DCM, is no ordinary man, he is obviously a person who enjoys quality, and that is why he goes to the very elite when stealing military honour. Among thieves he would be described as a white-collar liar, thief and impostor. To see how Whale has been beached go here

LOVE Andrew Thomas (Drew)


21 Oct 2005

 

 

Andrew Thomas (Drew) Love is a happy-go-lucky chap who likes a good laugh, a cold beer, and wearing medals he has not earned, he also likes to hang around with Veterans, as he is a full member of the Bomaderry RSL and up until 2005 has been a Ordinary member of the Shoalhaven VVAA NSW Branch Inc . Go here for more on DREW LOVE

 

BRAIN Joseph Arthur Hugh

1 Commando

Citizens Military
Forces

20 Oct 2005

But not to the standard required by Veterans.  Joseph Arthur Hugh Brain, of Bonville, NSW 2441, is a man who is a convicted habitual liar and fraud.  He believed he was a hero of the Vietnam war and claimed a false two week visit to Vietnam and further claimed he was in Alpha Company 4 RAR/NZ [ANZAC] Battalion, the last Infantry unit to serve in Vietnam.  This fool thought he was the greatest warrior of them all.   He has told stories of horrific sights he saw in Vietnam such as a US soldier standing on a land mine and an enemy soldier being shot through the head while he was out on patrol with the New Zealand Victor Company and 4 RAR,  but all the time he was really at home with his wife of the time, lying his head off to her about his SAS service and being an Army helicopter pilot.  This was wife number two of five that he has had.   One can only assume that the rest, like number two, bolted very quickly because of his lies and threats of violence towards them.   This hero is good at abusing women and threatening them with violence  but was very cunning not to open his mouth to any of the many veterans and CMF/Army Reserve soldiers who had served with him,  who attended the court trial, to see him sentenced.  In-fact this gutless man could not even hold the stare he tried on many of the servicemen in the gallery, the people he had lied and cheated throughout his career.

 The complete story on this thief of Honour, Service Medals and Veteran Repatriation Benefits is here.  Click on the link below to see the current updates on the man and then visit our media section to see how he has been outlined by the Press.  The full story on Brain is an eye opener for everyone including Veteran Organisations, Military records offices and the Department of Veterans Affairs.    BRAIN

 

MONTGOMERY James Alwyn


Bogus US Marine


Bogus US
Navy Seal


Bogus SAS


Bogus
Commando


Bogus
AATTV


Bogus
Navy
21 July 2005

Montgomery, James Alwyn. 2243096Born 14 July 1941.  aka Dr. or Prof. Montgomery.
 

Forged Citation:

MENTION IN DISPATCHES.  2243096, CAPTAIN JAMES MONTGOMERY.

 

Captain Montgomery enlisted in the Australian Army Reserve in 1960 and served with 1 Commando Regiment. He was commissioned in 1965 and served with Special Air Service Regiment as a Reserve Officer. He joined the Australian Army Training Team in May 1968 for his second tour in Vietnam.

      

Captain Montgomery was two weeks short of the end of his tour with the Training Team when, on the 11th May 1969 he was on an operational visit to the 3rd Mobile Strike Force Battalion of the 5th Special Forces Group that was on a search and clear operation in Kontum province.

 

In a heavy contact with the enemy, forward of the company in which Captain Montgomery was moving, the commander of the Mobile strike battalion was killed and an Australian Warrant Officer and several indigenous soldiers were wounded.   In addition, one other Australian Warrant Officer who had been separated from the majority of his troops was contained in the area by enemy fire.

Without hesitation, Captain Montgomery joined a small group under the command of a further Australian Warrant Officer, who was a company commander in the battalion, and went forward to the area of contact.    While the remainder of the group were extricating the casualties, Captain Montgomery commenced preparation of an area close by to enable a helicopter to winch out the casualties.   Unable to obtain the assistance of the indigenous troops, who had been scattered in the contact and who were reluctant to expose themselves, Captain Montgomery cut and prepared the casualty evacuation point on his own and under enemy fire.

 

The helicopter attempted to extract the serious casualties but was forced away by heavy fire. Captain Montgomery, with complete disregard for his own safety, then, single handed, cleared the enemy from the close proximity of the evacuation point using hand grenades and small arms fire.

 

This action delayed the enemy's movement for sufficient time to allow the remainder of the group to move out of the immediate contact area.

 

On the tedious and dangerous movement back to the firm base with the casualties, Captain Montgomery quietly assisted the Warrant Officer who was in command of the group and helped carry the wounded over the difficult terrain.  Captain Montgomery's personal conduct and steadying influence were major contribution factors in enabling the group to extricate the wounded and others from the contact area.

 

His conduct in this action and on a number of other occasions, when he was serving earlier with the Mobile Strike Force, has been exemplary.   His professionalism during his extensive operational service has been a credit to himself and the Australian Army Reserve.

Note:    For his role as the company commander in this action, WO2 R. S. Simpson of 1 CDO RGT was awarded the Victoria Cross;  Captain Montgomery was awarded the United States Silver Cross for his role and WO2 K. R. Gill was Mentioned in Dispatches posthumously".


If you've been able to keep your lunch down after digesting that load of garbage and want to see more, read on, there's plenty here.

5 Aug 2005

3 Jan 2007

WALTERS Russell, "Chuck"


Bogus
Marine Corps
28 June 2005

Long term members of the Ringwood (Victoria Australia) R & SL (Returned and Services League) could not believe their eyes when in April 2005, a newspaper article was pinned to the notice board in their Members Bar (see photo and article).  Here was an ex member and past branch Secretary relating to a journalist of his “33 years in the United States Marine Corps comprising of two years on submarines, two tours of duty in Vietnam, service in Grenada, Panama and Somalia, retiring as a Colonel, and then serving with the American Embassy in Canberra”. More here.
An update to this story follows the initial information on Walters site entry.

LYONS Victor Edward George