Exercise Caution! Military fakes are everywhere.

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

18 Dec 2009

Liddelow 22nd Aug 2010   here

Garnett 28thAug 2010  here

Purcell 30th Aug 2010  here

Tisdell 30th Aug 2010  here

Nemtsas 31st Aug 2010  here

Hamilton 31st Aug 2010  here 

McAuley 31st Aug 2010  here

Mahony 31st Aug 2010  here

Fenton 31st Aug 2010  here

30th Aug 2010

Jeremy Charles Burchell born 21 Nov 1952 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England is a fraud and a Wannabe in Australia, and most likely the same in the United Kingdom where he resides. 

Read more here

161 Fd Bty

RNZA

30th Aug 2010

Lance Bombardier Brian D Dudley served in Vietnam with the New Zealand 161 Fd Bty. Brian D Dudley is now “Sir” Brian D Dudley MIDI and is a pathetic wannabe who has been jousting with the truth for a long time.

Read more here

30th Aug 2010

Ron Masters of Kingaroy blames the RSL for his wearing of medals he is not entitled to wear.

Read more here

30th Aug 2010

Robert Neville Schafer - Phantom of the Jungle??

Robert Schafer served as a Driver with an Infantry Battalion in Vietnam from 28^th  Dec 1967 to 6^th Aug 1968.

Read more here

9th Jul 2010

Michael Gray of Perth - Previously known as Michael Guthkelch

Michael Gray served in the Australian Regular Army under his birth name, George Michael Guthkelch.  Read more here

9th Jul 2010

We thought there were no snakes in New Zealand (NZ) however we have discovered one very big  wannabe serpent lurking around the land of the long white cloud. Read more here

8th Jul 2010

Where do you begin when you are confronted with a thief a liar a fraud and a wannabe? Christopher John Dwyer of Cairns, Far North Queensland is just such a man. After a long run of luck Dwyer is now being brought to Veteran justice. Read more here

10th Jul 2010

1st Jun 2010

Michael Pedrana

Michael Pedrana of Hoppers Crossing, Victoria is a younger generation soldier who has chosen to wear a medal and a clasp that he is not entitled to wear together with his earned medals. 

Read more here

1st Jun 2010

Interfering in foreign riots is a game for fools. Irish born Conor David Purcell who is said to be an Australian citizen appears to relish the role of fool.

Read more here

1st Jun 2010

1st Jun 2010

Graeme Caddy of Mandurah Western Australia

If you want to pretend to have served with, or been part of Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) Operations, Perth is not a good environment to conduct your wannabe activities.

Read more here

1st Jun 2010

Rodney Spark Fraudster Medic

In May 2009 Rodney SPARK made contact with a Victorian RSL Pensions Office seeking help to obtain, in his own words - a "Gold Card" 

We do not have a current photograph of Rodney Spark, if any of our readers can supply one it would be appreciated.

Read more here

23rd May 2010

A125356 Aircraftman Carleton David THOMAS DOB 22/07/1958 of Rochdale South, Queensland enlisted in the RAAF on the 13^th April 1977 and was discharged at his own request on the 24^th February 1978 as he was incompatible with service life. Read more here

13th Jul 2010

23rd May 2010

David John Fleming

Fleming is an open and shut case of flagrant exaggeration.  Fleming served as a National Serviceman in the Australian Army from January 1969 to August 1971, then again from April 1980 until June 1985.

Read more here

23rd May 2010

Alfred (Fred) Blanc born on 2 March 1938 in Switzerland and now of Finch Hatton, Queensland arrived in Australia sometime during the late 1950s or early1960s aboard passenger ship ORANJE under General Assisted Passage Scheme. On arrival he worked as a Cook on the Snowy Mountain Scheme

Read more here

23rd May 2010

22nd May 2010

R29418 DOB 21/05/1928 of Sussex Inlet NSW served 22 years with the Royal Australian Navy as a cook on RAN Ships and Shore Bases.

Read more here

9th May 2010

 DOB 05/09/1945 of Exmouth was a National Serviceman who did a tour of Vietnam from 1967 to 1968 with 86 Transport Platoon, Royal Australian Army Service Corps (RAASC)  One would think he would be have been happy with his National Service in a support role, but he wasn’t.

 Read more here

1st May 2010

Vietnam 'impostor' admits medal scam

A 64-year-old Redcliffe man has confessed to spending years falsely posing as a Vietnam War veteran.

In an exclusive interview with _The West Australian _yesterday, former Belmont Returned and Services League vice-president Mike Cooper admitted he was "living a lie" when he told other veterans he had served in the Vietnam War. Read more here

22nd Apr 2010

Colin Sinclair will be noticeably absent from Sunday's Anzac dawn service in Walhalla, the historic gold-mining town two hours' drive east of Melbourne.

For more than 20 years, he has been the driving force behind the sombre ceremony, shedding tears for those he said he fought alongside.

Read more here

22nd Apr 2010

NALLY Christopher John

Christopher John NALLY of Heathridge Western Australia who served in the Australian Regular Army and Army Reserve from 1975 to 1991.During his time in the regular army he served with the Royal Australian Armoured Corps and the Australian Special Air Service. He was a fully qualified SAS operator for a number of years up to the time he discharged from the regular army and went back to the army reserve. Read more here

8th Apr 2010

William John Watson McAuley

William John Watson McAuley, was a commissioned officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 13th January 1976 until the 17th September 1976.  Prior to that, he served part time, from April until October 1970 with the Army in the Citizens Military Forces. Read more here

13th May 2010

4th Apr 2010

Dominic Charles Priest born New Zealand 25 Oct 1964 and served in the Australian Defence Force from 2003 to 2009 when he was discharged for medical reasons. For his service he was awarded the Australian Defence Medal, which is more or less awarded to everyone who completes their service commitment. Have a look at the photographs of Priest and you will see eight other medals and accoutrements indicative of a very auspicious Military career. Read more here

13th May 2010

2 Mar 2010

28 Feb 2010

Gordon Tisdell

Gordon Tisdell becomes famous every military commemorative day when he dresses up like a veteran and struts his stuff to the media around the Sydney Cenotaph.  His photo has gone around the world and given him more than his fifteen minutes of fame.  On Remembrance Day 11^th November 2009, the photo and the caption shown below went around the world. Read more here

4 Feb 2010

Trevor Chapman – RSL President 

There are lots of RSL Presidents and senior executives who wear bogus “Tin” medals as if they were campaign medals. The South Australian Returned and Services League (RSL) have issued a policy regarding Tin Medals and we are reliably advised that the RSL is aware that the President of the Marion RSL Sub Branch, in South Australia, Trevor Chapman, wears self purchased Tin medals. Read more here

4 Feb 2010

Ian Trevor Hutchinson

The Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) is an elite unit in the Australian Defence Force.  Wannabes in droves claim affiliation with this famous unit, most of them have never been anywhere near the home of SASR at Campbell Barracks Swanbourne in Western Australia.  Read more here

4 Jul 2010

4 Feb 2010

John Alexander MEALEY

 DOB 28/06/1949, of Bunbury, 5717049 was a National Serviceman who was officially posted to the SAS Regiment on the 1^st August 1970 as an ECN T109 Driver till his discharge on completing his 2 years of service. Read why he appears on this page here

4 Feb 2010

4 Feb 2010

Trevor John Fenton, President of the Bundanoon NSW Returned Services League (RSL) is another RSL executive who wears “dodgy” medals. Of the ten in his rack there are two self purchased “tin’ medals and two Vietnam Medals that he is not entitled to.  He served for twelve years with the Royal Australian Navy on numerous ships and shore bases. Read more here

27 Jan 2010

William, Jean-Paul Herve` of Horsham, Victoria, was born William Thomas Harvie on the 6^th  September 1947 at Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales. He joined the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on the 12^th February 1966 aged eighteen years. He served as a Steward in the RAN. 

From the 20th September 1969 to 11th April 1970 he served aboard HMAS Vendetta during Vendetta's deployment in Vietnam waters on the "Gun Line". Details of Vendetta's Gun Line duties can be read here;   http://www.navy.gov.au/Naval_Operations_in_Vietnam      

Herve aka Harvie, was not satisfied to have served honourably on Vendetta as a Steward and has invented a very different history of his Vietnam service. 

Read more here

27 Jan 2010

13th May 2010

9th Jul 2010

18 Dec 2009

18 Dec 2009

Among the worst kinds of wannabes are those who use fictitious war experiences to explain their ridiculous antics and disgraceful behaviour towards their friends, family and those they work with  such a man is Allan, Angus, Montague-Elliott of Tivoli Queensland. Read more here

18 Dec 2009

Alick Frank Robinson of Coolum Queensland was almost a Cook or a Steward in the Australian Army, however, he was discharged after only five months service.  He must have had a yearning to be a Special Air Service (SAS) soldier as he likes to “Dress up” and tell people that he served in the elite Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) for six years. Read more here

18 Dec 2009

18 Dec 2009

"Sir" Gary Douglas Higham a “Knight of the Realm” with a handlebar mustache

Gary Douglas Higham is not your average wannabe. He claims to be a Knight of the Realm who served in Vietnam and was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Pilot. If questioned about his Knighthood he may flash a piece of paper but won’t let you read it. We are reliably advised that when he enters an RSL Club and when he braces the bar, he insists that the RSL staff refer to him as “Sir Gary”, and insisted on being entered into the Bribie Island RSL data base as “Sir Gary” Read more here

13th May 2010

18 Dec 2009

Kelvin Douglas Anderson of Ballarat Victoria

Kelvin Douglas Anderson is a very unexciting and average wannabe, but a wannabe no less, and a dud is a dud.   He is also a convincing and persistent liar.  He claims to have served twice in Vietnam as a Military Policeman. Anderson has spread about, a false military history for himself.  The purpose of this presentation is to detail his correct military history.

Read more here

3rd Oct 2009

Dennis Raymond LIDDELOW, DOB 16 May 1950 of BALGA WA was a National Serviceman who served in Vietnam and on return to Australia was posted to the Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment from 3^rd May to 30^th September 1971 as a steward to finish of his National Service. So why is he appearing on this web site, Read why here

7th Apr 2010 

22nd Aug 2010

26th Sep 2009

Marinus (Mark) Johanes Stoove

Stoove is a well known “suffering” Vietnam Veteran in his hometown of Violet Town, Victoria. Stoove has spoken long and loudly of many horrible experiences in Vietnam. The problem is that Mark Stoove missed both the troop carrier HMAS Sydney (aka The Vung Tau Ferry) and the weekly QANTAS charter  to Vietnam and he is one big whining wannabe.

Read more here

13th Aug 2009

In our hall of infamy we already have more than one wannabe from the Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol and now we have Ian Scott of Bodalla, NSW. Before he was sacked from the position, he was the Divisional Commander of the RVCP base at Narooma , NSW,  who was big noting himself as a Vietnam and Malaya Veteran to his subordinates.

Read more here

13th Aug 2009

Scott Ronald Cooper the case of the Daggy Spy

Authors, poets and artists  are allowed a modicum of poetic licence, however when it comes to falsely claiming to be a Vietnam Veteran, ANZMI gives no leeway. Scott Cooper, author liar and wannabe, claims to have served in Vietnam and to have been a Spy. Cooper is certainly an author and certainly a liar but he did not serve in Vietnam and was not a spy.

Read more here

09 Aug 2009

29th Aug 2009    30 Sep 2009  4 Feb2010

31st May 2010

Colin Maurice GIBBONS

Normally those portrayed on this website who covet war service in the Army fraudulently portray themselves as ex Special Air Service (SAS), forward scouts in Infantry battalions or Combat Engineer "Tunnel Rats".  Not for Colin Maurice GIBBONS - he likes to dress up as a Vietnam veteran Military Policeman.

Read more here

05 Aug 2009

Richard benSerai. The case of the Kosher sailor.

Richard benSerai made a big statement to the Cairns Veteran Community on the 16^th  April 2009.  He said:

“If you are having a religious service on ANZAC Day then be inclusive and allow Priests, Rabbis, Imams and monks to represent the various faiths who fought and often gave their lives for this country”

Read more here

13 Jul 2009

James Wallace Young wears a British General Service Medal and a South Atlantic Medal with Rosette (for service in the Falklands campaign). He has been seen wearing these medals at Navy Cadet parades in the Ipswich area of Queensland. Read more here

     13 Jul 2009

If you reside in the Nambucca Heads area of New South Wales, watch out for David John Pedlow.  If you come across him, ask him to display his bullet wound scar just under the rib cage. According to him he acquired the scar serving in Vietnam. Also you might tell him that his “mates” on Russell Island near Brisbane, where he used to live, are disgusted to learn that Pedlow is a liar and a wannabe. Read more here

9 Jun 2009

Harold has lived around the back streets of Collingwood in Melbourne all of his life, where he has become an urban hero having starred in a Collingwood History Video and was paid tribute in the Federal Parliament on the 7^th September 2006 by no less than Mr Lindsay Tanner MP the current Minister for Finance and Deregulation in the Rudd Government.  Hamilton deliberately allowed Lindsay Tanner to mislead parliament about his military service. Read more here

9 Jun 2009

Jooitsen “Dutchy” Van Assen fronted up this year to Tennant Creek ANZAC Day events, sporting an impressive array of medals, a Sandy Beret and some spine chilling stories. For our international readers Tennant Creek straddles the North - South highway in the Northern Territory and is well and truly in the “Outback” of Australia. Read more here

10 Apr 2010

22 Apr 2009

25Jul 2009  31 Oct 2009

James Edward Patterson formerly of the Citizens Military Forces Unit, 33 Port Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers uses the email name of “Aussisoljer”, claims to have served in units that operated in Vietnam, signs emails as “an old Engineer” and is a master of allusion. He alludes in many ways to being a Vietnam Veteran and has also stated in writing that he served in Vietnam. He is a liar and a wannabe, who served in the Citizens Military Forces during the Vietnam war years and never went very far from Sydney. James Patterson has also cast his spell to the other side of the Pacific where he mixes it with Veterans from the United States. Read more here

19 Apr 2009

19 Apr 2009

19 Apr 2009

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

3rd Feb 2009

When mates are told to have doubts about the validity of claims of service made by a friend, a whole range of emotions are unleashed.  Doubts are hard to suppress, but the Veterans could not accept that their friend would lie to them. Read his story here

3rd Feb 2009

Paul Gary TAYLOR.  ex-R96612R.A.N Vietnam Veteran.  Sick Bay Attendant, Officer’s Steward, Stoker, HMAS SYDNEY.

Wannabe Australian Army Infantry Sergeant in Vietnam and wannabe Royal Navy Reservist. Read more here

2nd Apr 2008

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

Custodial sentence awarded

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

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

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 

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

1 Aug 2007

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

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   8 Jun 2008   5th Sep 2009

 Go here for   more

31 May 2006

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 30th Aug 2009

                       See more here

8 Jan 2007

24 Mar 2006
 

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

20 Apr 2007

9 Jan 2007

1: CMF 1960's

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

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. 

20 Mar 2007

22 Feb 2007

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.

9 Jan 2007

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

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

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

12 Sep 06

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.

4 Sep 06

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

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

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

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. 

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

21 Mar 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

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

25 Feb 2006

 
 14 Feb 2006

"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"

6 Feb 2006

29 Oct 2005

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20 Feb 2006

Stanley Demetrios NEMTSAS DOB 18^th 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 30^th 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

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.

 

Danny Shakespeare has been sentenced and the Newspaper report is below.

See more here on the Media Wall of Shame

 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

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

24 Oct 2005

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

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

21 Oct 2005

1 Commando

Citizens Military
Forces

20 Oct 2005

Bogus US Marine

Bogus US
Navy Seal

Bogus SAS

Bogus
Commando

Bogus
AATTV

Bogus
Navy
21 July 2005

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

29 Apr 2010

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.

Bogus
POW
5 June 2005

CPMH received information that a person has been masquerading as a Changi POW for years. Victor Edward George LYONS had many stories to tell of his heroic exploits. When he caused upset to anyone, excuses were made for his behaviour because “poor Vic was in Changi, he has suffered so much for his country”.  See the full story here.

Bogus
SAS
20 May 2005

     Captured and confined behind bars??  Yes it really did happen to this man, but not in a cage as a prisoner of the Viet Cong as he quite freely told his friends.  There was just a little more to this bogus SAS Colonel that didn't quite ring true and this was his undoing, as it is with all these bogus hero's who claim deeds of derring do and expand the stories to impossible odds.   See the full story here.

Bogus
ARES
17 May 2005

Thanks to the Melbourne Herald Sun, Saturday 2 April 2005, more pretenders have been publically exposed.  CPMH is building the pages for these frauds now.  CPMH applauds the efforts of the Herald Sun reporter, Russell Robinson, for an excellent exposure of these bogus veterans.  In the near future more information on those exposed will be available.  In the meantime go here to see the full newspaper coverage.  For a photograph of the Bogus Brigadier click here

Medical
Corps

14 Mar
2005

Redfern came to notoriety after being charged with serious assault against police. The charges arose from at incident in April 2004 at his house when he got drunk and created a siege situation. When police arrived at the scene he threatened them with knives and at that time he also suggested that he was a "specially trained" soldier. more

Bogus
RAAF
Veteran

10 Mar
2005

Every once in a while an ESO gets taken in by someone with the gift of the gab. In this case the ESO concerned had just had a change in Committee Members and were still feeling their way when this “wannabe” came along and paid his membership fee’s without his credentials being checked out. Christopher James SEED quickly joined into the ESO activities befriending one and all regaled all with his heroic stories. This was his downfall. It became all too much for two 2 tour Veterans who immediately started asking questions as to his bona-fides. The old adage “You can fool some of the people all the time and all of the people some of the time but you can’t fool all the people all of the time” applies here for Christopher James SEED.  His full story here

Bogus
SAS

02 Feb
2005

 10 Mar 2005. See Stat Dec at the bottom of the next page.
 12 March 2005. See Canberra Anzac Day 2002 Photos next page.    
Geoff McGibbon is a Veteran in his own right.  He has been parading as a SAS Veteran for a long time and claiming to be a Veteran of Viet Nam.  This is false.  He is a Veteran of Malaya and Sabah only.   Through his bogus Viet Nam Veteran status he was even the Deputy Director of the Viet Nam Veterans Welcome Home March, Sydney 1987, posing as a returned SAS Veteran.   Will the government listen to us this time about medals and finally bring charges against this person and others we have asked to have prosecuted for falsely representing themselves as a Viet Nam Veteran and wearing medals they are not entitled to?  Check him out on the link below.  This page will be updated further in the near future.  Keep coming back and see all about Geoff, the Viet Nam Veteran Hero.  There will be more to add to this page and the media report as all the facts are compiled and placed on the site. go here for more

16 Dec 2004

Possibly one of the worst cases of bogus hero to be exposed this year.  Not only has he assumed Veteran Status but this despicable excuse for a man has written himself up for bravery awards and conned the Royal Humane Society into having them awarded to him. Thankfully due to the efforts of the Herald Sun Newspaper in Melbourne he has been exposed and is currently undergoing investigation which hopefully will see him stripped of these awards. 

A question here for the Government.  If the Royal Humane Society is prepared to protect the Honours and Awards they issue out  by rescinding these bogus awards then why won't you, the Australian Government prosecute the bogus Veterans who steal and use the awards given to Service persons who do put their lives on the line for real for this country?  See more on the hero Shane Ryan here .....but wait there's more.  Also see the media section on the opening pages of the site.

George Taylor, a serviceman in his own right, but it would appear that his service was not good enough for him so he stole his brothers service, medals and awards and has been using them as his own.  Caught out at the Remembrance day activities in Brisbane this year, 2004 by the media, there is nothing more we can say except shame, shame, shame George.  Your brother was a true Veteran.  What should we all call you?  See more in the Media Reports section immediately after the DVA fraud notice  here

 Born, 23 August 1943.   Resides, Kaitaia, New Zealand.
Another aspirant to public office who claimed War Service in Vietnam but when exposed as a wannabe, dropped out of the race for mayor.   In an email, he denied any Vietnam service and apologised to our New Zealand Vietnam Veteran brothers-in-arms.   His apology is noted, as is his offer to donate his refundable candidacy application fee to a worthy cause.
However, as we state on our “Info” page  http://www.anzmi.net/info.html
“In the case of civilians who wear military honours and awards to which they have no entitlement, they are permanent residents of the site”  more

Lieutenant General Robin Weatherall. MC. LOF. amm.  Born 5 July, 1942, Kensington, London, UK.
Now residing in St Louis, Missouri, USA. Radio personality, school teacher.
Until July 2004, a senior member of a Para-Military group known as the Legion of Frontiersmen. (LOF). more

This is another story about a career Army member who went wrong somewhere down the track or maybe he’s always been a liar.
In an interview with a book author and in a phone conversation with a Veteran, he offered false information about his overseas service and other details.
He wore unawarded medals and badges at a reunion and was told to remove them. For some strange reason he was wearing a red beret as well.
He has been exposed as another average to below average Soldier who attempted to enhance his station in his community.
Bill Pritchard enlisted in the Army on 12 January 1962, was almost immediately posted to the School of Artillery in Sydney and spent over twenty years as a Soldier. more.

Robert Murray Osborne-Brown  aka  Bob Brown. ex-215470. Born 1946.
Bob Brown enlisted in the Army and  in October 1963 he marched into 1RTB, Kapooka (Recruit Training Battalion) He completed his training and was then posted to the Infantry Centre, Ingleburn, NSW for Corps training.   In1964, he was posted to the First Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) but when the Battalion was warned out for service in Viet Nam he and others were posted to the newly formed 5RAR due to being underage for operational service.
During his time with 5RAR he achieved the rank of Lance Corporal and  was charged on occasions for going AWOL. He was eventually removed from the Army via an administrative discharge on 8 August 1966.
Sometime later he began a life of posing as a highly decorated Army [Infantry] Colonel.  more

Claims to have served with "The Australian Army Vietnam". A fact in dispute, published in an advertisement during his campaign running for a position on a local council in Brisbane, Queensland. He failed to make the grade probably due to this false advertising that caught him out and now he's at it again.  Kon just cant get it right.  He was the fourth person to ever be exposed on this site and now he has upgraded himself to second place behind the Brigadier.  Not bad going Kon.   more

aka Dr. Peter Stuart Nelson B.A. M.A. PhD. Lt Commander RAN Ret. O 10768. Born 21 January 1954.       
A recipient of Australian Military awards such as: The Infantry Combat Badge and Vietnam Service Medals.   Also recipient of US Military awards such as: The Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart.   He was recommended for the Congressional Medal of Honour but had to settle for the Silver Star instead.   Not a bad effort for a young bloke who served in the Royal Australian Navy for 2 years and was discharged with the rank of Ordinary Seaman. January 1970 - June 1972.   more

ARMY Corporal [Temporary Sergeant] Wilfred Neil FANCOURT was born in Manchester, ENGLAND on 6th July 1933. His Vietnam Service was in the Citizen Military Forces – Full Time Duty (CMF -FTD) with 2 Army Ordnance Depot  [2 AOD] located at Vung Tau, South Viet Nam as a Storeman Technical Ordnance in the rank of Sergeant. Period of service in Vietnam was from 6th January 1969 to 14th January 1970. more

Robert Charles Stevens. aka Ronald Charles Seivers. aka Ronald Richard Sievers. aka Mad Charlie. Wannabe, thief, liar, convicted criminal.
How do you Veterans feel about someone who stole the identity of a living Veteran and used his details to obtain DVA benefits fraudulently?
What do you think about this wannabe who fraudulently obtained DVA benefits to the tune of $64,000 and walked away from a court hearing with a suspended two year gaol sentence and a fine of $3,000?  Read more here

Ronald Alfred Ashley Charles Clarence Henry Roberts,  what a magnificent collection of names for a man with a magnificent collection of war medals.  He may have been granted all the names but he certainly wasn't granted all his medals.....But wait, there's more

Normally those that grace our pages are those that steal their "life" from the SAS, however there is always a time when one tries to outdo even the best wannabes and this lady to date has taken the cake, or should we say the Title.  Not only is she claiming to be one of our nurses who served in Viet Nam, she is also claiming to be of Royal heritage.   Both of which are bogus.  She may live in our National Capital, but she rates very, very low in importance in this community. 
30 JUNE 2003 more

ROSS B. SMITH App Sc [Phty] Grad Dip Man Ther MAPA MMPAA FASMF

Manipulative and Sports Physiotherapist

Impressive qualifications for a renowned physiotherapist – but more impressive is his involvement with the Olympic Gold medallist team, the famed “Aussie Hockeyroos” – it appears Ross accompanied the team as their own in house manipulator and gained accolades and renown for his pain relieving ministrations.more

Not only does this man falsely claim Vietnam service and deeds of bravery, he also falsely claims to be a medical doctor! He has infiltrated the Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia and the Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club more