

Because of pending court
proceedings we have distorted Gwilliam's face.
Complete photographs will be shown in due course.
It
is apparent from his actions in the photograph that
Gwilliam does not know that Australian Officers and
Soldiers never salute without a hat and his salute
is nothing like an Australian Army salute.
Gwilliam has no Service Record and has never served
with the Australian Defence Force. In the above
photograph he is shown wearing the rank of a 2nd
Lieutenant and wearing two medals. The photo
together with information shown in the statement
below, provides prima facie evidence of offences
against the Defence Act. By claiming to be a
returned Veteran and by wearing the medals Gwilliam
has committed offences under the Defence Act 1903,
Part VII, Sections 80A and 80B.
80A. Falsely representing to be returned
soldier.
80B. Improper use of service decorations
The maximum penalty for each of these offences is
fines of $3,300 or six months imprisonment or both.
Gwilliam came to our attention in December 2009 when
a Veteran from Mullumbimby, New South Wales (NSW)
reported that he suspected a person named Lieutenant
Waddery Gwilliam was fraudulently passing himself
off as a damaged SASR veteran. The report included
the following information.
“The other day was introduced to this guy who
claimed to be a Rwandan Veteran, he said his name
was Lt Dallas Gwilliams and he served on the 3rd
contingent in 1993, he did his basic training at
Kapooka then was posted to 4RAR Commandos from
there.
I
told him he was lying, he tried to put together a
pretty lame story to cover himself, didn't know
dates, places etc, claims he has PTSD.
Anyway he has used the story to gain accommodation
on a property of some people and is not paying the
rent, They would like to know for sure if anyone has
served with him and if he is a Rwandan Veteran.
Maybe someone knows him, he claimed an element of
secrecy. If he is legitimate will apologise of
course.
This guy claimed to be SAS and did a tour in Rwanda
prior to the advance party arriving, I served on the
first tour and was never aware of advance parties of
SAS securing the area hopefully he has not claimed
off DVA etc.”
On
commencing an investigation in 2009, we found that
Gwilliam had disappeared from Mullumbimby NSW and we
were unable to discover his new location.
THE VETERAN COMMUNITY NEEDS TO NAIL THIS IMMORAL
FRAUDSTER AND LIAR SO THAT HIS FACE AND NAME IS
RECOGNISED WHEREVER HE TRAVELS.
WE
URGENTLY SEEK FURTHER PHOTOGRAPHS OF GWILLIAM AND
INFORMATION FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT HE HAS DEFRAUDED.
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR UPDATES AS THE GWILLIAM SAGA
UNFOLDS.