SIMONSEN made claims that he was a 2^nd Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Signal Corps and at one time served with the Signals Directorate known as in the Signals Corps as the Snoopy Troop.

After doing some investigation as to whether he was an officer, he was reported to us. We have carried out our own investigations and obtained his service record. SIMONSEN was never an officer as can be seen by his service record, he was a cook.

1204987 Mark Jeffrey SIMONSEN enlisted in the Australian army on 8 January, 1974 and was posted to the Australian Army Catering Corps at Bonegilla on 26 March 1974 and qualified as a cook on 31 July 1974.On 2 August 1974 he was posted to 3 Field Engineer Regiment and posted again on 2 August 1976 to 8/9 Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment till his discharge 7 January 1980.

As can be seen from his service record he only held the rank of Private as a Cook for his whole time in the Army. He was admitted and discharged from hospital numerous times and committed a number of military offences as well as civil Criminal Offences.

On 12 October 1978 he was warned by the Commanding officer of 8/9 Battalion that unless his conduct improved it would be recommended that he be discharged from the army.

On 23 May 1979 his medical status was changed to Home Only duties (meaning he could not be posted outside of Australia) as he was unfit for undue stress and was to be reviewed on 23 May 1982.

Over the years he has been telling people that he was a retired 2^nd Lieutenant and even signed a document as 2^nd LT retired. Only officers who held the rank of Major and above in the Regular Army can put the rank they held on retirement when signing a document.

Mark Jeffrey SIMONSEN you have been over the years, telling lies to a number of people about your service in the army which looking at your service record shows you had a poor record as a soldier as well as self discipline and a lack of respect for authority by the number of offences you have committed.

To add to that, you bragged about being an officer, which is an insult to all retired and serving Officers  in the Australian Defence Force.

Your lies have caught up with you and for that you will grace out web site for the world to see and make no doubt a lot of those people you lied to will know the truth about you, your lack of respect for others, lack of pride in being a member of the Defence Force and most of all your dishonesty.