This year is the fiftieth anniversary of the deployment of Australian Army troops to the Airbase at Butterworth in Malaysia. However, it seems that a deliberate strategy has been made by Australian authorities to airbrush out the true story of the service of 9,000...
‘Grieved’ and ‘shamed’ by the Brereton report, soldier turned federal MP Andrew Hastie says ‘we ignored the true nature of war and sanitised it’. Read this extract from his article printed in The Australian 24th November 2020 “I served in the SAS for the next five...
The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) congratulates Rifle Company Butterworth (RCB) for its 50th anniversary of establishment in Malaysia. "Your presence and sacrifice here in Malaysian soil in protecting the RMAF Butterworth base during the resurgence of the communist...
The ADF Inspector General’s report was a long time in gestation, and reveals a culture in some ADF personnel that is as bad if not worse than …. While individuals remain responsible for the consequences of their actions, ultimate command responsibility is borne at the...
Minister Chester's wall of silence will not deter our right to expose the truth of the RCB deployment at Air Base Butterworth (1970-1989) as warlike nor our right to challenge the Government's decision that RCB service was peacetime. Since our first formal submission...
Australia’s Commitment to the Five Power Defence - Arrangements and the Integrated Air Defence System For almost two decades Australia maintained a Mirage fighter force at Butterworth in Northwest Malaysia during the 1968-89 Communist Insurgency War, or the Second...
Arising from the Tribunal’s decision and findings we took the following actions: Applied to the Federal Court to seek extension to the 28 days in which to make application for our case.Wrote to Minister Chester to approve hazardous Service. After detailed...
Ray’s appeal was heard on the 26th March 2020 by telephone We are disappointed DHAAT did not find warlike service yet we are buoyed by their finding that RCB service was NOT peacetime but hazardous. Read the full text of the Tribunal’s Decision here Tribunal’s...
The ABC will broadcast Nationally the Anzac Day service at 5:30 am AEST on the 25th April, Anzac Day, with Television coverage beginning at 5:00 am. It will be a private service, not open to the public, and televised from the Great Hall at the Australian...
Ray's appeal to the Tribunal was heard today 26th March 2020 by telephone. Following the hearing Ray reported on the RCB facebook site: " Hi all. Ken (Ken Marsh RAAF) and I are very happy with how the hearing went this morning. Both because of the questions and...