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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.
“Today, I'd like in particular to pay tribute to the Australian soldiers who have served and those continuing serving in Rifle Company Butterworth in Malaysia, that recently marked the 50th anniversary of its establishment. In particular, I'd like to acknowledge the...
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 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...
Background The evidentiary facts that the RCB Review Group obtained from the Australian Government and the Malaysian Governments’ own records and presented to our Government proves that RCB’s operational deployment (1970-1989) to protect the RAAF assets at Air Base...
In a letter to the PM in January 2016, the RARA National President Michael von Berg MC OAM endorsed the RCB's claim for warlike service. " ....it is our contention that the facts surrounding the reasons for the RCB deployment has been a subterfuge to overcome the...
Welcome to the RCB's website It is the communications control centre for the RCB Review Group's management of Operation "Exposure" which aims to have the Government declare RCB service as warlike or failing that to appoint an independent (of Government) public inquiry...