Soldiers' remains found

The bodies of two Australian soldiers lost during top secret operations inside Indonesian Borneo more than 40 years ago have been found.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told Parliament the remains of the two missing soldiers had been positively identified and would be returned to Australia.

They were Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) Lieutenant Kenneth Hudson from Brisbane and SASR Private Robert Moncrieff of Newcastle.

Both were lost on March 21, 1966, while conducting border security operations during the confrontation between the new federation of Malaysia and Indonesia.

Information subsequently emerged that their remains had been found and buried by local Indonesian people.