See the video here Current submissions can be seen here The Tribunal has allowed additional submissions before the next Hearing in early 2023
RCB: DHAAT Hearing 23 November 2022 – Video
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WELCOME TO OUR RECOGNITION OF RCB CAMPAIGN
Hello and thanks for visiting.
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.
ADF defend pretext to war for 9000 veterans
News Limited media's Charles Miranda reports that Defence has copped a battering over how and why it sent 9000 troops to Malaysia during a Communist terrorist insurgency more than 30 years ago with serious implications for future deployments today. The Defence Honours...
Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal – Rifle Company Butterworth Inquiry – Hearings this week
The first hearing for the Tribunal’s inquiry into medallic recognition for service with Rifle Company Butterworth will be held in Canberra this week. It will be livestreamed from our website https://defence-honours-tribunal.gov.au from 9.30 on Wednesday. At around...
RCB: An Injustice that must be fixed
This article appeared in the Editorial of The Sydney Saturday Telegraph 22 October 2022 RCB-This-Must-be-Fixed-Download
Courier Mail article – War They Tried to Keep Secret
At last a national media organisation, News Limited media's Charles Miranda, has exposed publicly in the Courier Mail and the Townsville Bulletin the facts of the Australian Army's Rifle Company Butterworth deployments (1970-1989) to protect the RAAF assets...
URGENT REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
The Australian newspaper is doing a follow up story on the DHAAT inquiry this weekend. They want a photo for the story, preferably of a group of us RCB veterans. The photo shoot will be done at Ray Fulcher's house in Wulguru, Townsville. Date and time to be confirmed...
RCB Update 14 September 2022 – DHAAT
Further to our last Update I can report that the Tribunal is nearing the Hearing date. You can see The Tribunal’s terms of reference here and submissions to date here. Of specific interest is the Defence Submission dated 6 July Submission 096 – Chief of the...
Comparison: Peacetime and Warlike Service
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...
DHAAT: RCB Inquiry Submissions Now Online
"As you may have seen, in the last week we published submissions to the RCB inquiry, where the submitter provided consent to make those submissions publicly available, at the below link to our website: Submissions - Inquiry into recognition for service with Rifle...
Update 27th July 2022: DHAAT Inquiry – Recognition of Service with Rifle Company Butterworth
Further to our last report dated 5th July 2022 you will recall the Defence Departments "late" submission and my exchange of correspondence with The Tribunal seeking a copy of the Defence submission. Defence has not yet given its approval for the Tribunal to release...