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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.
Read the Report here RCB veteran advocates seeking recognition of their services as warlike such as Stan Hannaford's RCB Veterans 1970-1989 Association and the RCB Review Group may,from their personal experience in meeting with Minister Keogh, agree with that Report....
By Jessica Ross ABC Sunshine Coast Topic:VeteransMark Butler (left), Graeme Mickelberg and Stan Hannaford have been battling for recognition for Rifle Company Butterworth for decades. (ABC Sunshine Coast: Jessica Ross) In short: The federal government sent...
Recently, Graeme Mickelberg, Stan Hanaford and Mark Butler were interviewed by an ABC journalist. The interview will be aired by the ABC in the following media: An online article will be posted on ABC online this coming Sunday 12th July morning. A TV...
Editors Note to RCB Veterans and Supporters. The below text introduces ADSO policies. For you Question 17, Recognition of Service is relevant. Its thrust is an independent of government inquiry that relates also to other claimants. The importance is that ADSO as a...
This is the story of the Australian Rifle Company Butterworth (RCB) and its long fight formally since 2006 with our own Australian Government over recognition for warlike service. The RCB served during the Communist Insurgency in Malaysia (1968-1989 -aka Second...
Further to our last Update (3 October 2024), our Team (Ray Fulcher, Stan Hannaford, Graeme Mickelberg, Peter Kelly and Sean Arthur) met with Minister Keogh by invitation on 10 October 2024 at Parliament House Canberra. Unfortunately, the meeting was interrupted by the...
We can now report the latest information on our claim's progress. Following from our 5 June 2024 letter to Keogh, we finally received his response agreeing to a meeting with us in Canberra at Parliament House on Thursday 10th October 2024 at 10 am. I will lead our...
This is a progress report of developments since the DHAAT Report 22 August 2023 was presented to the Defence Personnel Minister The Hon. Matt Keogh and publicly released. We were concerned because the claimants were not given a copy of the Report before its public...
Read the Report We are analysing its contents (close to 300 pages) before making a formal response to it In the meantime this article by Charles Miranda ‘Tribunal defines ‘war and peace’ for Australian Defence Force ...’ was printed in today's Daily Telegraph. Ray...
The second hearing for the Tribunal’s inquiry into medallic recognition for service with Rifle Company Butterworth will be held in Brisbane on Monday and Tuesday at the Royal On The Park 152 Alice Street. It will be livestreamed from the Tribunal's...