Dennis Liddelow was called up for National Service on the 1^st 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 30^th 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 30^th July 1970 to the 4^th 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 3^rd May 1971 and served at the SAS Regiment till his discharge on the 30^th 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.