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In a nutshell our campaign is to have the Rifle Company Butterworth (RCB)’s service recognised as warlike. The Government, despite the facts discovered since its original decision, says its non-warlike service similar to peacetime garrison duty in Australia.
We have provided evidence of a deception that has denied 9,000 Australian troops and their families certain entitlements to repatriation benefits.
In 1970 RCB was deployed to protect the RAAF assets (aircraft, facilities, servicemen and women and their families) at the Air Base Butterworth Malaysia from 1970 to 1989 at the time when Malaysia was fighting its Counter Insurgency War (1968-1989) against the resurgent communist terrorists.
This article by Raymond Goh captures the history of Communist activities in Malaya/Malaysia from the end of the Second World War in 1945 until the end of the insurgency in 1989, Of importance to RCB veterans is the reporting of the "Second" Emergency in the context of...
Defence allege repeatedly that RCB was peacetime training. Here is an image of peacetime training. 9RQR soldiers engaged in "counter terrorism training" patrolling the perimeter of the Country Bank Stadium in Townsville as part of Exercise Austral. Note the...
This Report originated from the RCBRG's challenge over 15 years to the Government's decision that RCB service was peacetime service. Despite RCBRG's evidence (much from the then declassified 212 secret and 16 top secret documents) supporting their claim for warlike...
Senator McGrath is a strong supporter of veterans and their families. We thank him for his support and commitment to the truth. Like US Past President Ronald Reagan, our Senator is a 'Trust but Verify' advocate. Yesterday, he addressed the Senate on the RCB's...
To date our submission of 18th October 2021 remains unanswered but the Minister has agreed to our request for a ZOOM meeting with him on the 2nd December 2021. We want a decision without further delay. His decision will determine our campaign's future direction Here...
In Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate, anthropologist Peter Sutton and archaeologist Keryn Walshe deliver a damning indictment on Bruce Pascoe’s bestselling and prize-winning book Dark Emu, saying it “is poorly researched”, “distorts and exaggerates many...
On Anzac Day RCB was represented publicly at two separate events: in Canberra at the Australian War Memorial in the Banner March and in Melbourne at the MCG in the Veterans' Motorcade. The Banner March Congratulations to Stan Hannaford who organised the RCB's...
The 9,000 men of Rifle Company Butterworth (RCB) are fighting to have their deployment and its risks recognised as warlike service. EXCLUSIVE - PAUL MALEY 28th February 2020 ‘We were put into harm’s way’: Ray Fulcher served in the Second Malayan Emergency The year is...
NEWS FLASH The Australian will publish a news article re our claim for RCB Service Recognition in tomorrow newspaper Friday 28th February.(1) Over the last two days we have been in discussions with their reporter Paul Maley and provided relevant material. We are not...
This article by Peter Kelly, an RCB veteran, has been printed in The Pickering Post "If you asked any soldier, sailor or airman who is even remotely involved in warfighting if they thought about the “administrative tail” of their efforts, most wouldn’t give it a...