David Briggs....Failed Soldier, Failed Copper and
Failed Human Being
Dave Briggs was
a
National
Serviceman
during
the
Vietnam
War.
He
was
called
up
in 1969
and
discharged
in
1971,
just
as
the
Vietnam War
was
ending
for
Australia. He
served
less that
the proscribed 12
months in
Vietnam. He tried to
enlist in
the
Regular
Army in 1971
but was
rejected because of his
unsatisfactory and ill
disciplined
Military
Service.
Briggs’ military history is dotted with charges and inefficiency. He was
a discipline problem from day one. Briggs, like Westerway
and others in the mad
galah group,
was a problem child
while on Active
Service during the
Vietnam War,
which
means he was not
loyal to his mates and didn’t pull his weight. It is
crucial during War for all to be reliable and
trustworthy.
Many
Diggers
and rank
holders found
themselves in
mishievious trouble from time
to
time in
Vietnam, but
chronic,
serial trouble makers like Dave Briggs were a totally
different kettle of fish.
Diggers fighting
the
enemy do not want to be
distracted
by “mates” who
cause
trouble in the ranks. Lives
are at
stake.
Briggs is
another
leading
light
and
a
very
vocal,
very
vicious,
nasty
member
of
the
mad
galahs.
He
became
active
on
the
internet
scene several
years
ago
and
has
tried to
build a
reputation of
Military
expertise,
Military
respectability
and
Military
knowledge for himself
in the
online Veteran
community, where
he has engaged in
abuse,
threats,
intimidation,
defamation,
misinformation,
conspiracy
theories
and, well,
just plain
nonsense.
It
was
Dave Briggs
who circulated the
KILL
BILLSON
FIRST
poster
in
2006
When Dave Brigg’s estranged wife
heard
he
was
abusing
fellow
Veterans she
said” Thank God,
while
he is
abusing them he is
leaving me
alone”.
Briggs has no
Military experience to speak of and was never
promoted. He
was a Sapper [ Private
] in the Royal Australian Engineers, and
that was
it.
Briggs likes to
boast he is a former
Infanteer.
While it is
true David Briggs
served
in 3
Training Battalion for a
very
short
time as an
Infantry
recruit,
he never served in
a
combat
Infantry Battalion. He was
assessed as being
unsuitable
as an
Infanteer. In this
regard he
is in good
company with
his mate
Keith
Joyce.
Those who try to
impress their fellow
Veterans
and the civil
community usually try
and
convince
others they
served in
combat
Corps
such as Armour,
Cavalry,
Artillery or Infantry
[ the
favourite
trick is to
claim
they were in SAS
or were an Engineer
Tunnel Rat
in
Vietnam
].
Somebody
said
there
must
have
been
so
many Tunnel Rats in
Vietnam
the VC
would
never have had room to
fit in
the
tunnels. These
frauds think
that
somehow
the
combat
rolls
of these
Corps will rub
off on
them if they can be seen to
have
been part
of the
Arms
Corps.
Dave
Briggs
is another who never
held any
real
Military
responsibility or
authority, yet
tries to create
the
impression
he
did.
Not
everybody
in
the
Military
can hold
Rank,
and
not
everybody
achieves
high
rank.
This
is
usual
and par for the
course
and without
the
Private Diggers the
Military would be nothing. The Diggers
are the backbone of the Military.
However all
decent
Diggers
never pretend they were
anything other than
Diggers, and
they never try to
embellish
their
records or
history to
aggrandise
themselves.
There
were a
small number of National
Servicemen
during the
Vietnam War
who did
all they could
to convince
the
Military they were unfit for
Service. In
other words
they
would
deliberately
make
discipline
problems of
themselves, cause
trouble, fake
illness and generally
misbehave. In
this way
they tried to
convince
the
authorities they should
be
discharged. Sometimes this
worked and other
times
it
didn’t. It may be that
this is
what Briggs was hoping
to
achieve.
If
so
he
failed.
The
funny
thing is
that if this was his
modus
operandi, he
later tried
to
enlist
in
the
Regular
Army
but
was
rejected
as
being
unsuitable.
Maybe
he
decided
that, after
all, it
was
more
secure
in
the
Military
than in
the
dog eat dog world of
the
civilian job
market.
After
discharge
Briggs
became a West
Australian copper. It
seems the
uniform had started to
attract
him.
Goodness
knows
how he went in
the WA
Police
if his
behaviour was
the same
as it
was in the Army.
Retired WA
Police circles have not
heard
of
David Briggs.
If he
didn’t change his
bullying and
abusive ways there is
no
doubt
decent WA coppers
would
have
ostracised him.
These
days Dave
Briggs
acts as if he is still a
copper,
and
conducts private
investigations of
fellow
Veterans,
using any old
Police
contacts he can
muster
up, and his misguided
understanding
of
the
system,
to
help
him
form
dossiers
on
Veterans.
The
trouble
is Briggs’
few
contacts seem
just as
ill informed
and unreliable as he
is. What
a way
to treat
your fellow Veterans.
In
effect Briggs spies on his
fellow
Veterans. If you deal
with
Briggs we
suggest you be very
careful
indeed.
In 2003-2004 some Veterans and civilians formed a Veterans political
party. Briggs was the WA representative for this political
party.
At
one
stage
the
national
leadership
of
this
party,
which
claimed
it
was
independent
of
all
other
political
parties, made
a statement
which virtually said it
supported
the
Labor
Party. This was
a stupid thing
to do
for a party
which
claimed
independence. During
the 2004
Federal election
campaign, Briggs and the
national
leader
of the Veterans
party
arranged to
meet with
and
speak to RSL members in a WA sub
branch. Don
Randall, WA
Liberal
Party member,
was present.
When
Briggs
and this
other member turned
up they
looked
like they had just
come in from
crabbing. The
RSL
members
were all well dressed.
The
Veterans
Party made it's
presentation
and
when
Randall's turn
came to
speak he
said" But
you are the
party
which
supports
Labor aren't
you?".
Naturally this
blew Briggs and his
offsider out of
the water
and
they
lost
all
credibility, if they
ever
had any. Another mad galah
leading
light of this former
political
Party,
who is
obviously a
left
wing
man,
was Jim
Wiltshire.
Recently
somebody
made this
comment to
us about the mad
galahs.
“Don't you just love the
conspiracy
theories coming
from very short term failed
soldiers
who
have
no
understanding
of
how
the
Defence
Force
runs.
It
is
rather
amazing how they
seem
to be a
group
of failed
soldiers. Most
appear to have
been unable
to
perform
at
the
very
bottom of the
Army/Navy
ladder. Now
they are
pretending to
be battle
hardened
veterans
speaking with
great understanding
and on behalf
of
their
military
peers -
when in
fact
they have no
peers, because
they were never
part
of the
group of
servicemen who
understood the true
spirit of
the
service.
In fact their
only peers
are other
failed and
sidelined
servicemen”.
David Briggs
was an
abusive,
arrogant,
ill
disciplined
Serviceman
who
went
from
unwilling
National
Serviceman to
trying to
become a
volunteer.
He has continued his terrible behaviour in the Veteran community and
seems to have points to
prove.
Dave Briggs was a National Serviceman during the Vietnam War. He was called up in 1969 and discharged in 1971, just as the Vietnam War was ending for Australia. He served less that the proscribed 12 months in Vietnam. He tried to enlist in the Regular Army in 1971 but was rejected because of his unsatisfactory and ill disciplined Military Service.
Briggs’ military history is dotted with charges and inefficiency. He was a discipline problem from day one. Briggs, like Westerway and others in the mad galah group, was a problem child while on Active Service during the Vietnam War, which means he was not loyal to his mates and didn’t pull his weight. It is crucial during War for all to be reliable and trustworthy.
Many Diggers and rank holders found themselves in mishievious trouble from time to time in Vietnam, but chronic, serial trouble makers like Dave Briggs were a totally different kettle of fish.
Diggers fighting the enemy do not want to be distracted by “mates” who cause trouble in the ranks. Lives are at stake.
Briggs is another leading light and a very vocal, very vicious, nasty member of the mad galahs. He became active on the internet scene several years ago and has tried to build a reputation of Military expertise, Military respectability and Military knowledge for himself in the online Veteran community, where he has engaged in abuse, threats, intimidation, defamation, misinformation, conspiracy theories and, well, just plain nonsense.
It was Dave Briggs who circulated the KILL BILLSON FIRST poster in 2006
When Dave Brigg’s estranged wife heard he was abusing fellow Veterans she said” Thank God, while he is abusing them he is leaving me alone”.
Briggs has no Military experience to speak of and was never promoted. He was a Sapper [ Private ] in the Royal Australian Engineers, and that was it.
Briggs likes to boast he is a former Infanteer. While it is true David Briggs served in 3 Training Battalion for a very short time as an Infantry recruit, he never served in a combat Infantry Battalion. He was assessed as being unsuitable as an Infanteer. In this regard he is in good company with his mate Keith Joyce.
Those who try to impress their fellow Veterans and the civil community usually try and convince others they served in combat Corps such as Armour, Cavalry, Artillery or Infantry [ the favourite trick is to claim they were in SAS or were an Engineer Tunnel Rat in Vietnam ]. Somebody said there must have been so many Tunnel Rats in Vietnam the VC would never have had room to fit in the tunnels. These frauds think that somehow the combat rolls of these Corps will rub off on them if they can be seen to have been part of the Arms Corps.
Dave Briggs is another who never held any real Military responsibility or authority, yet tries to create the impression he did. Not everybody in the Military can hold Rank, and not everybody achieves high rank. This is usual and par for the course and without the Private Diggers the Military would be nothing. The Diggers are the backbone of the Military.
However all decent Diggers never pretend they were anything other than Diggers, and they never try to embellish their records or history to aggrandise themselves.
There were a small number of National Servicemen during the Vietnam War who did all they could to convince the Military they were unfit for Service. In other words they would deliberately make discipline problems of themselves, cause trouble, fake illness and generally misbehave. In this way they tried to convince the authorities they should be discharged. Sometimes this worked and other times it didn’t. It may be that this is what Briggs was hoping to achieve. If so he failed. The funny thing is that if this was his modus operandi, he later tried to enlist in the Regular Army but was rejected as being unsuitable. Maybe he decided that, after all, it was more secure in the Military than in the dog eat dog world of the civilian job market.
After discharge Briggs became a West Australian copper. It seems the uniform had started to attract him. Goodness knows how he went in the WA Police if his behaviour was the same as it was in the Army. Retired WA Police circles have not heard of David Briggs.
If he didn’t change his bullying and abusive ways there is no doubt decent WA coppers would have ostracised him. These days Dave Briggs acts as if he is still a copper, and conducts private investigations of fellow Veterans, using any old Police contacts he can muster up, and his misguided understanding of the system, to help him form dossiers on Veterans. The trouble is Briggs’ few contacts seem just as ill informed and unreliable as he is. What a way to treat your fellow Veterans. In effect Briggs spies on his fellow Veterans. If you deal with Briggs we suggest you be very careful indeed.
In 2003-2004 some Veterans and civilians formed a Veterans political party. Briggs was the WA representative for this political party. At one stage the national leadership of this party, which claimed it was independent of all other political parties, made a statement which virtually said it supported the Labor Party. This was a stupid thing to do for a party which claimed independence. During the 2004 Federal election campaign, Briggs and the national leader of the Veterans party arranged to meet with and speak to RSL members in a WA sub branch. Don Randall, WA Liberal Party member, was present. When Briggs and this other member turned up they looked like they had just come in from crabbing. The RSL members were all well dressed. The Veterans Party made it's presentation and when Randall's turn came to speak he said" But you are the party which supports Labor aren't you?". Naturally this blew Briggs and his offsider out of the water and they lost all credibility, if they ever had any. Another mad galah leading light of this former political Party, who is obviously a left wing man, was Jim Wiltshire.
Recently somebody made this comment to us about the mad galahs.
“Don't you just love the conspiracy theories coming from very short term failed soldiers who have no understanding of how the Defence Force runs. It is rather amazing how they seem to be a group of failed soldiers. Most appear to have been unable to perform at the very bottom of the Army/Navy ladder. Now they are pretending to be battle hardened veterans speaking with great understanding and on behalf of their military peers - when in fact they have no peers, because they were never part of the group of servicemen who understood the true spirit of the service. In fact their only peers are other failed and sidelined servicemen”.
David Briggs was an abusive, arrogant, ill disciplined Serviceman who went from unwilling National Serviceman to trying to become a volunteer.
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