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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.
In the Senate Question Time yesterday, 18th September, Senator Fraser Anning (Katter’ s Australian Party) asked Sen. Marise Payne three questions on RCB Service recognition as warlike during the Malaysian Counter Insurgency War. We thank Senator Anning for his...
In this Update we track our progress within the Government's complaint process ("inside the tent") to our latest submission to the Ombudsman. Failing in that course to influence the Government to appoint an independent public inquiry we are prepared to move to direct...
Senator Brian Burston (PHONP) presented Questions On Notice re RCB submissions to the Defence Minister, Sen, Marisse Payne on 15th December 2017. The answers from the Department of Defence were provided by Sen. Mathais Cormann (in the Minister’s absence) in the...
All RCB veterans, and any RAAF personnel who were at Air Base Butterworth in the period 1 Nov 70 to 5 Dec 89, are invited to use the attached template to provide evidence of their personal service and experience while deployed there. Once you have drafted your input,...
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...