According to Oxford a ‘charlatan’ ‘ is defined as:
a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill – “a self-confessed con artist and charlatan”

Illustration of David Howell’s transition from mobile phone salesman to self-proclaimed ‘soldier-historian

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WW2 Captain David Howell on parade on the Kokoda Plateau

David Howell impersonating a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) seaman