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.
Forgotten Diggers – A podcast from one of them’
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...
Urgent Reminder: 1 July 2022 Closing date for Submissions to the RCB DHAAT INQUIRY
Submissions to the independent inquiry into medallic recognition of RCB service with the DHAAT close this coming Friday 1st July 2022. Information about the inquiry, its Terms of Reference and how to make a submission, can be found on the Tribunal’s...
RCB Update 2/2020 – DHAAT Decision Denies Warlike Service Appeal
Ray’s appeal was heard on the 26th March 2020 by telephone We are disappointed DHAAT did not find warlike service yet we are buoyed by their finding that RCB service was NOT peacetime but hazardous. Read the full text of the Tribunal’s Decision here Tribunal’s...
RCB Update 5/2019: From Deception to Exposure – 2020 Action
Since our last Update we’ve been active in trying to advance our claim to the public particularly by gaining national media support, finalising our evidence briefs to support our own national social media and direct action campaigns to engage with certain MPs and...
RCB Recognition – Ray Fulcher’s personal Appeal to DHAAT
RCBRG Comment. Ray is a legally trained person and an RCB veteran who has forensically examined the government's own documents discovered under Freedom of Information and the public release of 130 ex-SECRET and one TOP SECRET documents, and others obtained from...
Opinion: RCB – Ripping Off Our Diggers – What a Low Act
This article by Peter Kelly, an RCB veteran, has been printed in The Pickering Post "If you asked any soldier, sailor or airman who is even remotely involved in warfighting if they thought about the “administrative tail” of their efforts, most wouldn’t give it a...
Ex-Colonel Praises Critical Campaign
Australians have a right to know what their Government is doing in their name and to question politicians about their policies, and hoe it is being implemented or not implemented retired Colonel Ray Martin says. Mr Martin was involved in a push for an outreach program...
The Australian Editorial – When scrutiny becomes enemy of the state
Media's Right to Know Campaign. When the Government hides the truth from you what are they covering up? The front pages of every major newspaper were censored this morning as part of Australia's Right to Know campaign which is calling for greater protections for...
RCB UPDATE 3/2019 – AND THE BEAT GOES ON
This is an Update on activities reported in Update 2/2019 Legal Conference Arising from the telephone conference meeting with our barrister it was decided that as there will likely be a new Minister after the election we need to put our case to that person afresh...