Hamilton is one of
the somewhat “Showy” 1950s Nasho’s
who have reared up and become active
in ex service organizations and
events since being allowed full RSL
membership and given a couple of
gongs by the Government to flash
around. Another one of these coves
who appears on this site is Schmidt
of Kingaroy in Queensland who also
thought he had gone to Korea and
even started to wear the Korea
Service Medal which he claims in a
sensational local newspaper story
that he found in a rubbish bin. In
reality it is believed he stole the
Medal from the Kingaroy RSL when he
held the office of President.
It is also notable
that in a speech recorded in Hansard
on the 7 Sep 2006 to the Federal
Parliament, Lindsay Tanner extols
Hamilton’s virtues as follows.
Lindsay Tanner
(Melbourne,
Australian Labor Party, Shadow
Minister for Finance)
Link to this
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Hansard source
As the representative of the inner
suburbs of Melbourne, I am blessed
with many longstanding, dedicated
community activists in my
electorate—people such as (Names
deleted), to name just a few. These
are people who, often on relatively
low incomes, manage to dedicate
their lives to the interests of
people in the area and participate
very actively in the community. But
tonight I want to pay tribute
especially to one such person who
qualifies to be mentioned in that
esteemed category—that is,
Harold Hamilton.
In earlier days, Harold Hamilton
served actively in the
Australian
Army in the
Korean War.
He has also been active in the
Collingwood
RSL
and the Australian Legion of
Ex-Service Men and Women. Harold was
awarded the national service medal
and also, a few years ago, received
the
Centenary
Medal.
As well as these noted achievements
of contribution to our community, of
service in wartime and as a general
citizen on whom others depend,
Harold is also something of a
poet.
Notice
that Hamilton’s “active” Australian
Army Service in the Korean War is
specifically mentioned by Mr Lindsay
Tanner.
Lindsay Tanner like most decent citizens
would have taken what Hamilton said on
face value not knowing that Hamilton is
liar and a thief of veterans honour.
Hamilton, like a fox, has used his false
veteran status to enhance his reputation
in the Collingwood community.
What the hell was the RSL doing in
allowing this fraud to claim to be
Veteran when they and his fellows
from the National Service
Association must have known Hamilton
was lying. We have pointed out time
and again that wannabes seek
notoriety in ESO’s and other members
seem more interested in numbers than
integrity. We say that without this
web site, frauds and wannabes would
be in plague proportion and in many
cases, in control of ESOs which
seems to be the goal of wannabes, as
gaining ESO office gives credence to
their false claims.
Hamilton really put his foot in his
mouth when he participated in a
community History Video about
interesting people from the
Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, he
clearly states in this Video that he
served in the Australian Army
Overseas and was shot in the leg.
Hamilton’s Service Record has been
accessed, it is complete and concise
in the fact that he did not serve
overseas with the Australian Defence
Force at any time in his life
whereas he said in the Collingwood
History Video.
" . . . . . I did my national
service time then went into the
regular army and was posted
overseas, come (sic) back home after
being shot in the leg and things
were basically the same, I was still
in Collingwood and Collingwood was
still in me . . . . '
The full Video can be viewed here http://www.yum.vic.edu.au/cstories/harold.htm
Well may he say in the video that
Collingwood is still in him, as it is
sure and certain that he was never in
Korea during his Army Service and there
was never a bullet in his leg as he has
claimed. Most of the rest of it is
drivel about how poor he was as a child.
As he is a proven liar regarding his
military service who knows what else he
has lied about during his much “admired”
public service.
Hamilton’s very sparse Military
Service Record has been studied and
his service history is summed up
here:
1. Enlisted as a National Serviceman in
January 1952 and Taken on Strength of 14
NS Trg Battalion, Puckapunyal.
2. Served 98 days at 14 NS Trg
Battalion.
3. Taken on Strength of 2 Fd Regt Royal
Australian Artillery (RAA) on the 7
April 1952.
4. Transferred to Inactive list 2 Fd
Regt RAA, on the 10 June 1954.
5. Discharged 1 March 1957.
During his 5 years service he spent only
140 days training and 98 of those were
during his initial recruit training.
Below is a copy of his Attestation Form.
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Below is a
document from his file that shows he was
in Australia during the whole period of
the Korean War and that during his Army
service he turned up for only 140
days, during his 5 years National
Service commitment.
In claiming to be a Returned Serviceman
Hamilton has clearly committed an
offence against the Defence Act 1903 (as
amended) and he has left a trail of
irrefutable evidence for use by the
Federal Police. It is a federal offence
to falsely claim to be a returned
soldier, sailor or airman and subject to
six months' imprisonment and a fine of
up to $3300.
Hamilton is not a veteran he is an ex
serviceman having served as a National
Serviceman in Australia for a 98 days,
followed by a further five years part
time during which he served only 42
days. He was never in the Australian
Regular Army, has never served in a war
and was never wounded in action.
Australian Veterans
deserve an apology from Hamilton.
Lindsay Tanner the politician
also deserves an apology for the
embarrassment of being mislead by
Hamilton.
Hamilton is a liar and a fraud and will
feature on our web site for the rest of
his days, he has enjoyed the kudos
associated with being a war veteran now
he can suffer the ignominy of being a
fraud and a liar.
31st Aug 2010
Update Harold Hamilton -
Collingwood, Victoria
We are pleased to announce
that Harold Hamilton has been
expelled from the Victoria Branch of
the National Servicemen’s
Association of Australia for falsely
claiming to have served in Korea as
a National Serviceman. This
positive action by an Ex
Servicemen’s Association (ESO) is
applauded and indicative of the
growing awareness within ESOs of the
necessity to maintain integrity by
not allowing scurrilous wannabes
infesting and distorting
organisations.
Well done
Victoria Branch. We are always
prepared to apply our expertise
to assist ESOs. Simply send an
email to
information@anzmi.net for
assistance.
HAMILTON Harold
