A number of e-mails were exchanged between the two over a period of time. It soon became apparent that "SARGE" was not who he claimed to be. The information he was supplying came from literature about the Australian SAS. He later signed off his e-mails with the initials "DWS" and in brackets "SARGE". 

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The service profile and initials he provided only matched one person who served in both the SAS and AATTV, David W Scheele DCM.

During the exchange of these e-mails, Freedman claimed;

1.    he served with the Australian SAS and the AATTV in South Vietnam;

2.    he served with the SAS in Cambodia;

3.    he was "Wounded in Action" while serving on operations with the SAS;

4.    he received the Distinguished Conduct Medal while serving with the AATTV; and

5.    he founded the Vietnam Veterans' Motor Cycle Club.

In 2006 further information was received from a person in Western Australia who actually met David Freedman at a Motor Cycle Shop in Rockingham around July or August 2005.

Freedman introduced himself using his correct name and at the time was wearing a number of ribbons which included the Vietnam Medal and the South Vietnam Campaign Medal as well as a SAS badge. He claimed that he was a member of SAS in the UK and that he served with the Australian SAS in Vietnam under the name of David Scheele and not under his real name of David Freedman.

Did David Freedman serve in Vietnam? A search of official records found that only one David Freedman served in Vietnam and he was with 9 Sqn RAAF. This ex-serviceman has since passed away and is therefore not the David Freedman who claims he served under the name David Scheele.

David Freedman was born in the UK on the 11th December, 1940 and flew out to Australia with his wife, son and daughter departing the UK on the 9th December 1968 under the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme. Is this information important? Please read on!!

David Freedman claims he served in Vietnam and Cambodia with the Australian SAS and AATTV.

The real David W Scheele DCM served his first tour in Vietnam with the Australian SAS starting on the 26th February, 1968, during that tour he was wounded in action and completed his tour of duty on the 24th February, 1969.

He returned to Vietnam for his second tour with the AATTV starting the 26th March, 1969 and completed that tour on the 24th September, 1969. During the tour he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He did a third tour in Vietnam with the SAS in 1971.

So how can David Freedman explain that he served in Vietnam as David Scheele with the Australian SAS in February, 1968 when he hadn't even arrived in Australia till December 1968.

Does David Freedman have a twin? I think not as David Freedman is an Englishman and the real David Scheele is of Dutch decent.

As you can see from a photograph of the real David Scheele DCM he looks nothing like the impostor claiming to be him. The use of this photograph authorised by the real Dave Scheele

Freedman claims he served with the British SAS.

Enquiries were carried out and information obtained from Statutory Declarations, NAA files and official sources.  

The result of the enquiries revealed that Freedman had never served with the British SAS and is not known by them.  No records of service could be found showing that this David Freedman has ever served with either the British or Australian Armed Forces.

Our informant contacted another ex member of the Australian SAS who spoke to Freedman via telephone. Freedman repeated the same claims as he had previously.

Freedman was reported to the Australian Federal Police by the ex SAS member in Western Australia. As we have come to expect no action was taken by the Federal police.

David Freedman, for a person whom we cannot find any record of you ever having served with any military force anywhere at any time, let alone elite units like the SAS and the AATTV. You are a despicable person to make these claims to impersonate, and steal the honour of a very professional and well respected decorated soldier, who gave honourable service as an elite soldier in extremely dangerous circumstances.

David Scheele is a man well liked and respected by the ex-servicemen that he served with in Vietnam and here in Australia.

Freedman has also conned the Ulysses motorcycle club.  He has a web page as shown here

David Freedman be warned, you have nowhere to hide, for your lies are now exposed for all the world to see.