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Phillip Stanley Selwood told a Gold Coast
Magistrate that he was a “Traumatised Vietnam Veteran”
as a defence to charges of impersonating a Police
Officer at Surfers Paradise. Selwood told the
Magistrate that he suffered war caused Post Traumatic
Disorder and was sexually assaulted by five men during
his RAN service. He fronted the Magistrates court
wearing Vietnam medal ribbands, a Returned Servicemen’s
League Badge a Totally and Permanently Incapacitated ex
Servicemen’s (TPI) Badge and a Returned from Active
Service Badge. The Gold Coast news recorded the Court
appearance as shown below:
Selwood may be a legitimate member of the
RSL and we know that he has been granted TPI status by
the Department of Veterans Affairs. Many ex Servicemen
who have never served in operational areas or had war
service can be granted TPI status under the Veterans
Entitlement Act. He has no entitlement to wear Vietnam
medals or a Returned from Active Service Badge. Selwood
spent three years and seven months in the Royal
Australian Navy before being discharged on 2 Sep 1973 as
being “Unsuitable”; he never went to an operational area
and certainly never served in Vietnam. Below is a page
from his official RAN Service file detailing where he
served from the time he enlisted until the day he was
discharged.
We are not sure of Selwood’s current
location, but he is most likely still “hamming” it up at
an RSL. We request that RSLs in the Gold Coast area of
both New South Wales and Queensland check their
membership and if necessary rid this unsavory person
from their ranks. It is in the interest of the Veteran
community that Selwood’s current whereabouts be known,
therefore we would appreciate any further information
about Selwood.
Law enforcement are very quick to
prosecute a person pretending to be a member of the Police Force,
but for many years both Federal and State police have
ignored the provisions of the Defence Act 1903 that
demands that people like Selwood, pretending to be a
Veteran and or wearing medals they are not entitled
to, be prosecuted, and if proven guilty be fined up to
$3.300 or six months imprisonment or both.
25th Jun 2012
Phillip Stanley Selwood Update
An
ANZMI reader and well know Army Veteran has crossed
paths with Selwood and has given us the following
information about Selwood.
Hi
Guys,
I
must congratulate you for finally exposing Sellwood.
He's been peddling his BS for years. I first heard about
him from the guys at the xxxxxxxxxxxxx Centre in 2008
then had the misfortune to run into him at xxxxxxxx (a
hospital).
Can
this guy tell a story!
Mr
Selwood claims amongst many things that he was seconded
from the navy as a 17 year old to join a Tri Service
Platoon to work behind "enemy lines". Apart from being a
martial artist he was picked for this platoon because of
his other "special skills" which of course he cannot
talk about. You might be interested to know that he is
the only surviving member of this platoon. When
questioned about the location of this “Tri Service
Platoon” he could only answer Vung Tau. They were
attached to A.T.F. Vung Tau. There is of course no
record of this platoon because it was all ''hush hush!''
He
was in xxxxxxxxx (hospital) when I was admitted in xxxxx.
This guy does have a Gold Card with TPI on it and there
was a rumour circulating amongst the staff that his
doctor wasn't sure he was who he claimed to be. I'm
tipping he is who he claims to be, was in the Navy, but
didn't do Vietnam Service. Last Friday week he told the
blokes in "Shrapnel Corner" that the charges against him
(as shown in our original report) had been dropped. He
then proceeded to tell anyone who cared to listen that
he could get them automatic weapons or anything else
they wanted because of his "connections". This was
reported to the staff.
I
got out soon after and went back the following week for
an outpatient's appointment. I was told he'd been
''kicked out'' and had attempted on the advice of his
lawyer to get re-admitted, This didn't occur. What I
don't understand is why the police didn't take him back
to court for re sentencing once his lies about being a
traumatized veteran were exposed, like the bloke in
Cairns.
(This is a reference to the Redfern case). See here:
http://www.anzmi.net/redfern/redfern.html
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SELWOOD Phillip Stanley
