{"id":70287,"date":"2017-02-12T10:08:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T15:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=70287"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:53:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:53:21","slug":"70287","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=70287","title":{"rendered":"Arthur Murray; Dances with Stolen Valor (Updated w\/apology)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our brothers north of the border send us their case on Arthur Murray.<\/p>\n

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Arthur Maclennan MURRAY of Cornwall, Ontario came to the attention of Stolen Valour-Canada (SV-C) when we were asked to comment upon photographic images of him attending Remembrance Day ceremonies in Cornwall, Ontario. According to a SV-C supporter in Cornwall On, Murray claims to have been an airborne artilleryman serving with E Battery (Para) of the 2nd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (2 RCHA).<\/div>\n
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LF042015-0102-09Commander Canadian Army, lieutenant-General Marquis Hainse and Army Sergeant Major, Chief Warrant Officer Alain Guimond salute at the Cornwall Cenotaph, during the Remembrance Day Ceremony on 11 november 2015 in Cornwall, Ontario.Photo: Sgt D.G. JanesArmy Public Affairs#StrongProudReady#FortsFiersPrets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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SV-C conducted a thorough review of all available records including websites, newspaper articles, photographic images, regimental journals and tour books, searchable data bases of medal recipients and extracts from military documents in Canada in order to determine the legitimacy of his claims.<\/div>\n
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No record can be found that would confirm his claims although, Murray did have a number of images of 2 RCHA in action on his FB page, and he claimed to be the subject of those pictures\u2026. The images have since been scrubbed from the page however, many of them are still available in the image gallery of the the Royal Canadian Legion Branch (www.cornwall-legion.ca<\/a>) where he serves as the 1st Vice President\/Army Cadet Liaison Officer. Interestingly, Murray holds identical Legion branch appointments to recently exposed and self-admitted poser Curtis \u201cJack\u201d Roush of Smithville, Ontario. (http:\/\/www.niagarathisweek.com\/news-story\/7018926-smithville-legion-vp-remorseful\/<\/a>)<\/div>\n
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He attended the Canadian Forces Recruit School at CFB Cornwallis in the Spring of 1982, after enrolling in Ottawa however, he left the Canadian Forces with less than two months of service and did not complete recruit training. His release from the CF, prior to meeting the most basic military qualification, would have precluded any follow-on training, employment or deployment as an Artilleryman, a paratrooper, a member of the Canadian Airborne Regiment Battle Group or, United Nations service in Cyprus.<\/div>\n
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So, unless he has been subjected to a series of administrative errors, and\/or perfected time travel, Arthur Murray has absolutely no entitlement to the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, the United Nations Forces in Cyprus Medal, the Canadian Armed Forces operational parachutist insignia nor the hat badge of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery…<\/div>\n
It\u2019s SV-Cs opinion that Murray is likely committing an offence under s419 of the Criminal Code of Canada \u2013 \u201cUnlawful use of military uniforms or certificates\u201d. This is an offence that several individuals have been recently tried and convicted in Ontario including Clayton Donoghue, Franck Gervais, Donald Lemmond, Eric Janssens and former LCol Deborah Miller.<\/div>\n
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Mr Murray was contacted by SV-C in order to discuss the surrender of the medals and insignia that he has no entitlement to… Meaning, SV-C would arrange for a representative of to take the items into his care and custody for their eventual disposal by the authorities. We also insisted that he provide a written apology for his actions, as it’s long past time for him to own up to the steaming pile of shit he left on the parade square!<\/div>\n
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Arthur Murray\u2019s actions are yet another example of why Stolen Valour claims are so outrageous and injurious to those who actually served. He made a choice to stand in the blood of our wounded and fallen, and for that, there is a price to be paid!<\/div>\n
Lest We Forget<\/div>\n
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UPDATE-APOLOGY<\/div>\n
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We have been informed by SV-Canada that \u00a0Murray has surrendered the bogus medals and insignia to a SV-C Rep. \u00a0He has also given an apology for his actions.<\/div>\n
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That is at least a start. \u00a0Maybe we here at TAH \u00a0should have Award Recovery Representatives and Tattoo Removal Specialists. \u00a0Volunteers?<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our brothers north of the border send us their case on Arthur Murray. Arthur Maclennan MURRAY … Arthur Murray; Dances with Stolen Valor (Updated w\/apology)<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":667,"featured_media":70293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,391],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phony-soldiers","category-valorvultures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}