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...
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.
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...
RCBRG thanks supportive politicians
Senator the Hon. James McGrath, Senator for Queensland, Hon. Andrew Wallace MP, Federal Member for Fisher and Phillip Thompson OAM MP, Federal Member for Herbert, deserve the thanks of all Rifle Company Butterworth veterans for their commitment to supporting the...
The Whitton Report – Rifle Company Butterworth’s Service in Malaysia 1970-1989
This Report originated from the RCBRG's challenge over 15 years to the Government's decision that RCB service was peacetime service. Despite RCBRG's evidence (much from the then declassified 212 secret and 16 top secret documents) supporting their claim for warlike...
Correction to RCB Update 3/2022 – Progress Report
In the Update the email address we stated for Minister Gee was to his Calare Electorate Office. Responses from that address were the standard response. To ensure your email is received immediately by the Minister please send or resend it to this email...
RCB Update 3/2022 – Progress Report
Events are moving quickly as we approach the next Federal Election and we maintain pressure on the Minister for Defence Personnel Andrew Gee to make a decision on our RCB claim for warlike service. You are well aware of the continued delays from the Minister Gee in...
Appreciation & Commentary – Minister Gee’s Action to Secure Funding Increase
Minister, we commend your statement yesterday that your “personal integrity is not up for compromise" and that veterans “sign up to put their lives on the line for our country, because they love their country and do so not for money”. Your comments go to the heart of...
Commentary – RCB Nature of Service as Warlike
There is a long running dispute between the RCBRG and the Defence Department on the rightful categorisation of RCB’s service in Malaysia 1970 – 1989 to protect the RAAF assets at Air Base Butterworth (ABB) during the Communist Insurgency (1969-1989). Defence records...