OVERVIEW [Download the full document by clicking here.] From our detailed research we assert that previous Reviews, the latest being the 2003 – Review of Veterans’ Entitlements – (Clarke Report), were flawed because in applying the criteria for determining warlike service they inadvertently did not consider all the relevant facts and therefore incorrectly concluded that RCB […]

Submission in Support of the Award of the Australian Active Service Medal 1945-1975 and 1975 – for Personnel Who Served in Rifle Company Butterworth (RCB) in the Period 1970 to 1989. [Download the full document by clicking here.] Introduction My name is 860351 Lieutenant Colonel P. M. Dennis, MBE (Rtd). Contact details are as below. […]

Introduction [Download the full document by clicking here] This submission seeks to determine our claim that RCB service was warlike and therefore its company members are eligible for the AASM and for qualifying service for VEA entitlements. It is an addendum to Reference 2. It specifically addresses: 1. Reference 5. The three conditions required of the […]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [Download the full document by clicking here] 1. The Defence Force Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal (the Tribunal) is established under the Defence Act 1903. Its functions are set out in s 110UA of the Act. The Minister may direct the Tribunal to hold an inquiry into a specified matter concerning honours or awards […]

Submission from Lieutenant General D.J. Hurley AC, DSC Vice Chief of the Defence Force 23rd June 2010 [Download the full document by clicking here]

[Download the full document by clicking here] ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT ASSOCIATION SOUTH AUSTRALIA 13 Beatty Street, LINDEN PARK SA 5065 General DJ Hurley AC, DSC Chief of the Defence Force R1-5-B CDF Suite Department of Defence Canberra ACT 2600 Mr Pat Clarke Director Honours Directorate of Honours and Awards T-4-08 205 Anketell Street Tuggeranong ACT 2900 […]

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT ASSOCIATION SOUTH AUSTRALIA 13 Beatty Street, LINDEN PARK SA 5065 [Download the full document by clicking here] Ms Christine Heazlewood Acting Chair Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal Locked Bag 7765 CP3-7-067 Canberra BC ACT 2610 Dear Ms Heazlewood, My name is LtCol Mike Dennis, MBE (Rtd) and I am the Royal Australian […]

Letter of Response on behalf of; General DJ Hurley AC, DSC Chief of the Defence Force 6 September 2011 [Download the full document by clicking here]

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT ASSOCIATION SOUTH AUSTRALIA 13 Beatty Street, LINDEN PARK SA 5065 [Download the full document by clicking here] Mr. Pat Clarke Director Honours Directorate of Honours and Awards T-4-08 205 Anketell Street Tuggeranong ACT 2900 Dear Mr. Clarke DHAD Letter in Response to Letter to the CDF dated 6 September 2011 Thank you for […]

Minute from the Office of the Chief of the Defence Force C.A. Barrie Admiral, RAN 2 Jan 01 [Download the full document by clicking here]

RIFLE COMPANY BUTTERWORTH SUPPORTERS GROUP 46 WOODEND RD SHEIDOW PARK SA 5158 INTRODUCTION Acting Commonwealth and Defence Ombudsman GPO Box 442 Canberra ACT 2601 Reference Complaint 2011-11906 Dear Sir/Madam Official Complaints in Regard to Australian Defence Organisation and the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal. Name: LtCol Mike Dennis, MBE (Rtd), Public Complaint. Complaint: On […]

RIFLE COMPANY BUTTERWORTH SUPPORTERS GROUP 46 WOODEND RD SHEIDOW PARK 5158 [Download the full document by clicking here.] PART ONE COMPLAINT ONE 1. We contend that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Department of Defence (DOD) have willfully and intentionally disregarded written evidence supplied to it, to deprive over 9000 members of the Royal Australian […]