Dennis Liddelow was called up for National Service
on the 1st October 1969 and did his
recruit training at 2 Recruit Training Battalion
Puckapunyal, he was then allocated to the RA
Infantry Corps and did his training at 3 Training
Battalion Singleton. On completion of his training
he was posted to the Reinforcement Holding Wing
Ingleburn. On the 30th July 1970 he
arrived at the Australian Reinforcement Unit [1ARU] before
being posted to serve with 7 Battalion Royal
Australian Regiment as a rifleman.
His service in Vietnam was from 30th July
1970 to the 4th March 1971 when he
returned to Australia with 7 Battalion. As his wife
was living in Perth he applied to finish his
National Service in Western Australia and he was
posted to the Australian SAS in the established
position of 363 Steward on the 3rd May
1971 and served at the SAS Regiment till his
discharge on the 30th September 1971.
During this short period with the SAS Regiment there
is no record of him having qualified as an SAS
soldier giving him the right to wear the Sandy
Beret.
(For the readers of this site who are not familiar
with the job of a steward in the military, he is a
soldier trained to perform food, liquor and beverage
service and preparation of light meals. They are
also trained to maintain bar, dining room and
kitchen equipment, in both barrack and field
environments.)
NOTE: It is known that not all persons posted to the
SAS Regiment are qualified SAS soldiers. Only
soldiers who complete the rigorous Selection and
subsequent courses go on to wear the SAS Beret and
Badge with pride. As with all units no matter what
service, support elements are required for them to
function. Soldiers who are posted to the SAS
Regiment in a support role and who do not wish to do
a Selection Course at that period in time wear the
black beret and badge of their respective Army
Corps. Liddelow was in this category as he was
posted there as an Infantry Regiment member to
finish his National Service obligation in Western
Australia.
We know from his service record that his two years
in the army was of a poor standard, with a total of
nine offences of being absent without leave (AWOL)
from the time he started his training as a recruit,
whilst on active service with 7 Battalion and one
whilst with the SAS Regiment. He was also charged
twice with discharging a weapon during recruit
training and again whilst on active service with 7
Battalion RAR.
Also from his records we know he applied to
re-enlist in the army in 1973 and this was not
approved due to his previous service conduct record
which was poor, particularly being AWOL.
From his discharge document we know his employment
was Regimental and Rifleman Duties. His awards are
The Vietnam Medal, Vietnamese Campaign Medal and the
Returned from Active Service Badge. He would now
also be entitled to wear the Australian Active
Service Medal clasp Vietnam, Australian Defence
Medal and the Anniversary of National Service 1951-
1972 Medal. ANZMI is aware
that Liddelow served in 7RAR in Vietnam, and is
qualified to wear the Infantry Combat Badge (ICB).
As a result of readers comments, we have deleted a
previous entry relating to his lack of documentation
for this award
This brings us as to why he appears on our web site.
To the present day Dennis Liddelow has lied about
his service with the SAS Regiment. We have Statutory
Declarations and information from very reliable
sources as to the lies he has been telling people
over all these years.
The lies he has been telling are:
He served in the SAS Regiment Counter Terrorist
Team.
He was seconded from the SAS to the WA Police TRG
(Tactical Response Team) as an instructor.
His service record clearly shows this fraud and
conman was discharged from the army on completion of
his National Service commitment and was not to be
re-employed in the army. This is well before the SAS
Counter Terrorist Team and the WA Police TRG even came into being. These lies have also
been refuted by very reliable sources.
During our investigations we learnt that Dennis
Liddelow was and still is a member of the Australian
SAS Association, WA Branch and wore the SAS beret to
a number of functions the Association was invited to
attend. He did not inform anyone that he was not
qualified to wear the beret. Even though he was
found out to be a fraud by wearing the SAS beret he
was not kicked out of the Association.
Statutory Declaration by witness
My contact with Dennis Raymond Liddelow was over a
two year period as a member of the of the WA Branch
of the Australian Special Air Service Association.
During that period all my conversations and dealings
with
Mr
Liddelow led me to believe that he had been a Beret
qualified member of the Regiment during his
service. At no time did he act or say anything to
convey any impression other than he was a Beret
qualified former member. I will admit it did come
as a surprise to me when I found out he was in fact
an Infantry National Serviceman who was posted to
the SASR in a General Duties capacity to serve out
his remaining few weeks prior to discharge. I
believe it is entirely consistent with his
behaviour
to have people believe that his service in SASR was
far more than it really was. As a serving member of
the SASR Counter Terrorist Teams in the early 1980s
and late 1980s I know that he was never involved in
"CT" duties during those periods and find it again
consistent with his past actions to deliberately
mislead
or even lie about his service. What is even more
disturbing
than his appalling conduct in regards to serving in
SASR, was the fact that he had a tattoo of the SASR
Parachute Wings printed on his shoulder, in what I
view as a pretentious act to support his "Wannabe"
actions or omissions. To the best of my knowledge
the man has not undertaken any Parachute or Counter
Terrorist training what so ever let alone in the
SASR.
One would expect that with the high standards of the
SAS Regiment, once they discovered a wannabe within
their Association, he would have been exposed to the
members of the Association Australia wide and
expelled from the SAS Association. Why he has not
been expelled and exposed to the members is a
question only the SAS Association can answer. We and
I am sure the members of the Association would
gladly like to know. This appears to be the exact
same scenario afforded another charlatan who graces
the CASES site by the name of Tony JORDAN-protected
and cosseted by the Victorian Phillip Island VVAA
until our exposure dislodged his membership.
Now most Vietnam Veterans that have a Vietnam
Sticker on the rear window of their vehicle usually
add the car sticker of the Unit or Corps they served
with in Vietnam, but not Dennis Liddelow, he has the
SAS sticker which would imply that he served in
Vietnam with the SAS.
Dennis Liddelow is obviously a person who has no
pride, integrity, respect or loyalty and for the
lies he has told about his military service with the
SAS Regiment and the wearing of the Sandy Beret, he
will grace the pages of our web site for life for
the world to see.
7th
Apr 2010
Information has been received from a reliable
source stating that he has seen Dennis Liddelow
with the SAS Parachute Wings tattooed on his
shoulder. Liddelow’s service record shows that
he has not completed a Basic Static Line
Parachute Course. So why have the SAS Para Wings
tattooed on his shoulder? There can only be one
answer and that is to deceive people into
believing he was a qualified SAS Trooper which
is further proof that he is a fraud and a
wannabe.
Back in the 70’s there were two types of
parachute wings issued to persons completing the
basic Course, one for the SAS and the other for
all other units. Over the years other units
which require a person to be parachute qualified
such as 3 Battalion (Parachute Battalion), and
the Commandos have their own design parachute
wings.
I
Further information has been received that
Liddelow and another person appearing on our
site John Mealey are still members of the
Australian SAS Association WA Branch and
Liddelow is also on the Committee of the WA
Branch. Readers would expect that the SAS
Association would keep up the high standards of
the SAS Regiment and expel them. I assume the
members of that branch would prefer these
members be dealt with to save the reputation of
the SAS Association.
22nd Aug 2010
New evidence has come to our attention that
proves that not only has Liddelow illegally
worn the SASR beret but he has also made
outrageous claims of having completed
several tours of Vietnam as an SAS soldier.
Again he has lied about his true military
service that he was only posted to the SAS
Regiment as a steward for a short period of
time to finish off his National Service
after doing one tour in Vietnam with 7
Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. He has
even gone as far as claiming to have been an
Instructor and rose to the rank of Sergeant
with the SAS Regiment.
Read the content of the sworn Statutory
Declaration supplied by our reader.
As you can see from this update and the last
one, Liddelow is a liar and a fraud of the
worst kind to steal the honour of those that
served in the SAS Regiment especially those
that have qualified to wear the SAS beret
and have paid the ultimate sacrifice. Let’s
not forget the qualified members that have
also been wounded and seriously injured
preparing for any situation since the
Vietnam War.
It puzzles us why the WA Branch Committee
and the so called National Body of the SAS
Association continue to keep the likes of
Liddelow and John Mealey in their
Association after being caught out wearing
the SAS beret when they are not qualified to
do so.
The question must be asked, do those two
hold something over the SAS Association or
are they being protected because they had
been posted to the Regiment? The members of
that Association must either have their head
in the sand or be shaking their heads in
bewilderment.
Recently a story appeared in the West
Australian detailing just how difficult the
SAS Selection Course is and how it takes a
special kind of soldier pushed to carry out
activities at the most extreme of physical
and mental conditions go through as just one
part of their training to earn the right to
wear the SAS beret. Bear in mind that
Liddelow has never even attempted the
Selection Course and would never have had
the mental of physical capabilities to make
an elite soldier in such an elite unit as
the Australian SAS which is well respected
around the world as being one of the best
Special Forces Unit.
Nothing annoys veterans more than Ex Service
Organizations that do nothing when a wannabe
is discovered within their ranks, especially
an organization which represents such an
elite unit.
20th Dec 2010
Well we
finally have an update from a
disgruntled member of the SAS
Association to advise us what has been
done by the WA Branch in regard to John
Mealey and Dennis Liddelow who were both
National servicemen and posted to the
SAS Regiment and appear on our web site.
The WA Branch Committee has
taken it upon itself to form a
Disciplinary Sub-Committee and accept
apologies from Mealey and Liddelow on
behalf of the WA Branch and the SAS
Regiment
It
is obvious that the WA Branch Committee
is a law onto itself and does not keep
its members informed of what is
occurring and appear to be covering up
the fact that two of its members appear
on our web site.. The future will tell
what effect that will have on its
membership.
When a
person appearing on our web site submits
an apology our criteria is set out
below.
1. They
offer a written apology to the veteran
community at large, and
2. They offer a written apology to
their unit/ship/muster
3. The offended Veterans accept the
apology.
The apology must be accepted by all, not
a few.
One
must assume the committee knows that
number of its members and the unit would
not accept their apology, thus the
reason for the way they handle things.
They will
remain on our web site for eternity and
we will be adding updates as members of
the public report any other information
to us.
To ANZMI
Subject Mealey and Liddelow on your web
site.
This is to advise you that on the 29th
August 2010, the WA Branch of the
Australian SAS Association held an
Annual General Meeting. A member of the
committee put forward two motions to
have Mealey and Liddelow who both appear
on your web site be expelled from the WA
Branch in breach of the WA Constitution
in that they have brought discredit to
the Regiment and the Association. The
reference to the Association
Constitution wording is “To preserve the
Regiment’s good name and guard its
interests”.
Only a small group of the members
attended the Annual General Meeting,
compared to the number of members within
the branch. The motions were not sent
out with the AGM papers 30 days prior to
the meeting as required by the
Incorporation Act so most members would
not have known about the motions nor
would they know the story behind the
motions in that two of the WA Branch
members appear on your site. They would
not also be aware that Liddelow, the
worst of the two has lied about his
short service when posted to the SAS
Regiment to finish off his National
Service as a steward.
Only a small number of members attending
the meeting voted to expel them, the
rest don’t seem to mind that both have
worn the SAS Beret and Badge when not
qualified to do so and that Liddelow has
told a lot of lies serving in Vietnam
with the SAS and having one of the
highest kill rates.
It appears that if you have been posted
to the Regiment at some time, it makes
no difference what lies you tell about
your service with the Regiment or that
you have worn the SAS Beret and Badge
which is not an easy task to earn the
right to wear the beret and badge of the
SAS Regiment or any Special Force unit,
you will be protected.
It appears that a Disciplinary
Sub-Committee was formed and discussed
the cases of Mealey and Liddelow and
came up with recommendations. I did ask
my mate what has happened about them as
I was not at the meeting. He sent me the
following result and I have crossed out
the name of the president mentioned who
was not even the president when they
were discovered. We don’t know when the
meeting was held as no one was advised
about it or of the result. I and a
number of members are disgusted the way
the matters have been handled. My
membership is due to run expire and I
will not renew my membership if this
association is not going to be open and
accountable to its members.
I read your web site as I know a number
of other members do and you are doing a
great job. I have forwarded this email
to your organization as I am totally
disappointed in the lack of fortitude by
the committee to keep its members
informed of what is happening. Keep up
the good work.
Yours Sincerely
XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
Please be advised that following the
meeting of the disciplinary
sub-committee the following
recommendations were made.
Disciplinary Sub-Committee
Recommendations
Re - Dennis Liddelow & John Mealey
The disciplinary sub-committee recommend
that:
• The apologies tendered by Dennis
Liddelow and John Mealey be accepted.
• The resignation tendered by Dennis
Liddelow be accepted.
• The members be advised individually of
the outcomes of the hearing.
• The complainants be advised of the
outcomes of the hearing.
• The matter be listed as an agenda item
at the next Annual General Meeting of
the Australian Special Air Service
Association (WA Branch).
These recommendations are based on the
facts presented to us and are made in
the
belief that that there have been no
further instances by either member since
they were
admonished by XXXXX XXXXX the ASASA (W A
Branch) president at the time.
LIDDELOW Dennis Raymond
