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...
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.
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...
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...
Update: DHAAT Inquiry – Recognition of Service with Rifle Company Butterworth
You will recall that on 7 April 2022 the Government announced this Inquiry with the terms of reference requiring submissions closing on 1 July 2022. On that closing date we became aware that Defence had not made its submission. So Ray Fulcher voiced our concern to the...
SUBMISSIONS TO RCB DHAAT INQUIRY
At long last the Minister decided to appoint an independent inquiry into medallic recognition of RCB service with the DHAAT. Information about the inquiry, and how to make a submission, can be found on the Tribunal’s...
Appreciation – Minister Gee’s Decision to Appoint an Independent Inquiry
The RCBRG thanks the Minister for initiating the current inquiry by DHAAT into the service of Rifle Company Butterworth 1970-1989. For many years the Department of Defence have been holding up previous, flawed, reviews as a reason that a new inquiry into RCB service...
Independent Tribunal to reconsider medallic recognition for Rifle Company Butterworth
The independent Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal will re-examine the issue of medallic recognition for Australians who served with Rifle Company Butterworth in Malaysia between 1970 and 1989. Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel Andrew Gee...