Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, said the finding was not spared from the Indonesian military intervention. "It is now positively identified," he said as quoted from the pages of The Australian, Tuesday, March 16, 2010.
Two soldiers who joined in the elite Special Air Service Regiment (SASR), it was Lt. Ken Hudson and Private Bob Moncrieff. Both are separate from the army when crossing the River Sekayam, Borneo, on March 21, 1966.
Instantly, the search team has been doing his job, but to no avail. Only in 2008, the Australian military re-search mission through encouraging Kopassus.
A bright spot emerged after collecting information from Dayak tribal elders who resided in the region. Bodies of two soldiers turned out to have been interred in a remote area accessible only by canoe.
Shipping elite SASR troops at that time carried out to maintain security and stability in the middle of a confrontation between Indonesia and Malaysia which take place during the years 1962-1966. A total of 23 military members killed in the task.
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CONFRONTATION Indonesia and Malaysia on the border of West Kalimantan in 1966 indirectly involving Australia. The elite Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) from kangaroo country was seconded to safeguard Malaysia's United Kingdom, its colonies from the advancing troops Indonesia.Pasukan SASR operations in the region and Sekayam Entikong. The two areas in the district, West Kalimantan was a direct land border with Tebedu, Sarawak, East Malaysia. England was worried that this be an access road into Indonesian troops into Sarawak.
"It was during the confrontation, the border region has become a center of activity. Many of the troops stationed in Sekayam and Entikong, "said Capt. Augustine, Danramil Entikong to Pontianak Post, Thursday (18 / 3) in his study. Along the river are still visible Sekayam former guard post the days of confrontation. Base defense forces readied themselves in the border region, continued to Augustine, because the border with Malaysia through land and river channels, so that the level of security and assaults will be easy to do at that time. After a period of confrontation is finished, the allies and the troops who helped secure the border areas, all to be withdrawn. But not a few allied soldiers who died either at the moment and apart from the gunfire when his team down the path of the river or forest.
One of the elite Special Air Service Regiment (SASR). As reported theaustralian.com.au site on March 16, 2010, incident occurred on March 21, 1966. At that time SASR troops were trying to cross the River Sekayam in an operation. But swift currents caused Lieutenant Private Ken Hudson and Bob Moncrieff missing. "It could have been when it disappeared, his body was found in communities around the river and immediately buried," said Augustine Danramil menduga.Pada year 2008, Australia began an investigation to try and find the remnants of his army in West Kalimantan. In response to requests for assistance from the Indonesian military, the search operations began last year involving the SAS and the Indonesian special forces (Kopassus).
In September 2009, the Australian team and its Armed Forces do multiplication and identify places where the two bodies are expected SASR troops were buried. Australian team numbering about nine people. Explained Danramil Entikong, nine people who came looking for the bodies of SASR troops were divided into two teams. One team conducted a search on pehuluan Entikong River. While one team longer do multiplication in Hamlet Sekunyit. According to Agus it has helped to do multiplication in the number of places suspected of being the place they buried the bodies of Lieutenant Ken Hudson and Private Bob Moncrieff. It's just that at the time of the multiplication in Entikong, precisely in pehuluan Sekayam River with the distance of approximately 15-20 minutes by speed boat did not reveal any signs of both bodies. "The result of multiplication in the region, especially across the River Entikong Sekayam, nil," he explained. While the multiplication in Sekunyit to fruition. The team found fragments of bone, magazen oil and a piece of striped fabric with a green button.
But a piece of camouflage cloth was allegedly not belong to the Australian troops but an ally. While only a bone and ribs broken. All items carried by the findings directly from the Australian team to do more testing lanjut.Kapenrem Lot 121 Captain Henry ABW Kalbar Napitupulu added at the cemetery excavation, in the presence of TNI officers Medium, Lt. Col. Infantry Wasono, and Danramil Entikong, Captain Arm Augustine. "Activities took place on 22 to 26 September 2009. They witnessed the excavation of the tomb does with members of the Australian army itself, "ungkapnya.Agus also conveyed that the two Australian troops from the dead was not caused by the raw places or shot. But washed away while crossing the river flows Sekayam and separated from his troops. "The two soldiers are purely an accident of war. It was both drift and some days not found. Until otherwise missing until now, "he said.
This excavation, continued Agus, thanks to the instructions of local communities. One of them Sukarjo, a veteran of the days of confrontation. But when the newspaper was doing a search on Sukarjo, he was not at home. Sukarjo be in the fields, in woods. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was grateful for the discovery framework Lieutenant Private Ken Hudson and Bob Moncrieff in West Kalimantan. Parliament before he ensures that the discovery of two bodies. He also explained that the discovery was not spared from the Indonesian military intervention. "It is now positively identified," he said as quoted by theaustralian.com.au site on Tuesday, March 16 2010.Duta Big Australian to Indonesia Bill Farmer said that the Government of Australia has asked Indonesia to seek assistance serpihahan-bone fragments found in the bodies of Australian soldiers in Sekayam.
"We have collaborated with the Indonesian government to bring our troops back bone fragments and remnants of legacy," he said, Thursday (18 / 3) in light Pontianak.Titik emerged after collecting information from Dayak tribal elders who resided in the region. Bodies of two soldiers turned out to have been interred in a remote area accessible only by the elite SASR perahu.Pengiriman was then carried out to maintain security and stability in the middle of a confrontation between Indonesia and Malaysia which take place during the years 1962-1966. A total of 23 military personnel killed in kKonfrontasi - seven of them in operation - but because the sensitivity of cross-border operations, little publicity is given to the conflict at that time.
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