Rifle Company Butterworth

Rifle Company Butterworth is an Australian Army infantry company based at RMAF Base Butterworth in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia. Rifle Company Butterworth was established in 1973 to provide a protective and quick-reaction force for RAAF Base Butterworth during a resurgence of the Communist insurgency in Malaysia.^[1] While RAAF Base Butterworth was handed to the Royal Malaysian Air Force in 1988 and the insurgency officially ended in 1989, Rifle Company Butterworth has been maintained as a means of providing Australian soldiers with training in jungle warfare and cross-training with the Malaysian Army. The company is staffed on a rotational basis, with both Regular and Reserve personnel being deployed quarterly.^[2]

See also

• Communist Insurgency War
• Malayan Emergency (1948–1960)
• Sarawak Communist Insurgency
• Malayan Communist Party
• Malaysian Special Branch
• East-West Highway

Notes

References

• Horner, David; Bou, Jean (2008). Duty First: A History of the Royal Australian Regiment (2nd ed.). Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-74175-374-5. 

External links

• Royal Australian Regiment Society of South Australia Appeal for AASM Entitlements For Military Service as Rifle Company Butterworth In Malaysia 1970–1989