Image Gallery: April 2010
13 April 2010
Lieutenant Hudson and Private Moncrieff begin journey home from Indonesia
Lieutenant Kenneth Hudson and Private Robert Moncrieff were swept away during a river crossing in West Kalimantan (Indonesia) while on patrol during the Indonesian Confrontation 21 March 1966.
An official Australian Army investigation to locate the bodies began in late 2008 and in early 2009 it received the full support of the Indonesian Armed Forces. Remains were recovered from two separate burial sites in West Kalimantan in October 2009.
The remains were formally handed over by the Indonesian National Defence Force (TNI) to Special Operations Commander Major General Tim McOwan in a ceremony held at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta 12 April 2010.
The remains were then returned to Australia. Ramp Ceremonies were conducted in Jakarta and another in Perth attended by family of the deceased.
Members of the Special Air Service Regiment Association carried the remains of the men to the plane in Jakarta and escorted them home. A bearer party from the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) received the remains on return to Australia and handed them on to their families for burial.
The funeral for Private Moncrieff was held in Perth at Campbell Barracks while Lieutenant Hudson was returned to Brisbane for burial with full military honours. Lieutenant Hudson and private Moncrieff are the last SAS soldiers missing in action to be found and returned home.
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The Honourable Alan Griffin, MP Minister for Veterans' Affairs delivers a speech to those gathered at the official handing over of the remains of Lieutenant Kenneth Ambrose Hudson and Private Robert Charles Moncrief at the Australian Embassy, Jakarta.
(Date taken: 12 April 2010)
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Major General Tim McOwen DSC, CSM Commander Special Operations Command - Australia receives the remains of Lieutenant Kenneth Hudson and Private Robert Moncrieff from a member of the Indonesian National Defence Force during a ceremony held at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia.
(Date taken: 12 April 2010)
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Major General Tim McOwen DSC, CSM Commander Special Operations Command addresses those gathered at the handover of the remains of Lieutenant Hudson and private Moncrieff at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta.
(Date taken: 12 April 2010)
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Major General Tim McOwen DSC, CSM Commander Special Operations Command (left) and Brigadier Gary Hogan AM, CSC share a salute with the TNI delegation at the Handover Ceremony for Lieutenant Hudson and Private Moncrieff.
(Date taken: 12 April 2010)
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The Ramp Ceremony for the repatriation of the remains of Lieutenant Hudson and Private Moncrieff at the Halim Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia.
(Date taken: 12 April 2010)
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Mr William Moncrieff and Mrs Jannette Jackson, brother and sister of Private Robert Moncrieff, lay a wreath on his coffin as a part of the Ramp Ceremony for their brother's repatriation at Halim Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia.
(Date taken: 12 April 2010)
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A delegation of the Indonesian national Defence Force (TNI) pay tribute to the fallen at the Ramp Ceremony for the repatriation of Lieutenant Hudson and Private Moncrieff at Halim Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia.
(Date taken: 12 April 2010)
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Members of the Indonesian Defence Force (TNI) and members of the Special Air Service Regiment Association form a Guard of Honour at the Ramp Ceremony for the repatriation of Lieutenant Hudson and Private Moncrieff at Halim Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia.
(Date taken: 12 April 2010)
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Padre Stephen Brooks of the Special Air Service Regiment delivers the Departing Blessing in the back of the C-130 as a part of the Ramp Ceremony for the repatriation of Lieutenant Hudson and Private Moncrieff at Halim Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia.
(Date taken: 12 April 2010)
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(L-R) Mr Brian Manns, Lieutenant Colonel Rantung, Lieutenant Colonel Restu, Mr Jack Thurger, Lieutenant Colonel Heru, Colonel Arief. Members of the combined Army TNI recovery team who discovered the remains of the soldiers in Kalimantan.
(Date taken: 12 April 2010)
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Padre Stephen Brooks of the Special Air Service Regiment blesses the remains at the Ramp Ceremony for the repatriation of Lieutenant Hudson and Private Moncrieff at Halim Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia.
(Date taken: 12 April 2010)
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Family members, government members, serving and past members of the Special Air Service Regiment gathered at the Ramp Ceremony for the repatriation of Lieutenant Hudson and Private Moncrieff at Halim Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia.
(Date taken: 12 April 2010)
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Family members, government members, serving and past members of the Special Air Service Regiment, and members of the Indonesian National Defence Force (TNI) gathered at the Ramp Ceremony for the repatriation of Lieutenant Hudson and Private Moncrieff at Halim Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia.
(Date taken: 12 April 2010)
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