Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel, Darren Chester MP continues to refuse to recognise the valuable service of the Australian Army’s troops deployed as Rifle Company Butterworth, during Malaysia’s Counter Insurgency War (1969 -1989) (aka the Second...
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.
Senate Questions on Notice 4– RCB Recognition of Service
Senator Brian Burston (PHONP) presented Questions on Notice re RCB submissions to the Defence Minister, Sen.Marisse Payne on 15th December 2017. The answers from the Department of Defence were provided by Sen. Mathias Cormann (in the Minister's absence) in February...
RCB – Warning Order “OPERATION EXPOSURE”
Following Governments' failure to agree to RCB Review Group's legitimate claim for recognition of their service 1970-1989 as warlike, the Group intends to take further action to secure an independent judicial inquiry. All RCB ...