He said the term “trooper” was one people associated with NZSAS soldiers and he had done nothing to clear up the confusion “over the years”.<\/p>\n
“I’ve never lied about my service. People have just gained an assumption. You say you’re a ‘trooper’ and people go away and that’s when the Chinese whispers start.”<\/p>\n
He said the medals showing his service had cost around $700 and he had bought them from NZ Medals Ltd, which trades in real and replica medals including offering a service to have them correctly mounted.<\/p>\n
Clark claimed he presented himself as a NZSAS soldier as part of an elaborate scheme to expose what he called profiteering from the sale of medals and military equipment online<\/p>\n
He said he had eventually intended to write a book about it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He went secret squirrel as recently as this past weekend when he told a Herald reporter that he wasn’t “at liberty” to discuss his military service, and the New Zealand Defense Forces records were wrong. However, he tries to make the act of wearing false awards some sort of sacrifice he made to restore honor;<\/p>\n
Yesterday, though, he said he was so upset at the medals trade he decided to appear at the parade wearing them and possibly write a book about it in the future.<\/p>\n
However, he admitted he had never tried to address the issue by making a complaint to NZDF, the RSA or any other organisation.<\/p>\n
“Some people will judge what I’ve done as being wrong, but sometimes you have to stand up and take some hits on the chin to prove there are others out there that don’t have moral fibre in them.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What a hero! I’m sure he can find a medal to award himself for this selfless act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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