Found this on ANN.
Is an A65-61 Dakota, what we Yanks refer to as the C-47?
Found: Australian Military Aircraft Lost In WWII
Dakota Carried 29 On Their Final Mission
A formal military funeral with full
honors is being planned for 29 men lost just after the close of
World War II when their A65-61 Dakota went down in the mountains of
Indonesia.
The Royal Australian Air Force searched for the wreckage in a
joint operation with the Indonesian military, officials said. The
cargo plane was transferring patients from a military hospital in
Biak to another in Townsville.
"The successful recovery exercise demonstrates the importance of
the close working relationship with our regional neighbours and
serves to forge even closer ties between our respective air
forces," Defense Minister Robert Hill said in a statement.
There's one last search tied to this story -- the search for
relatives of those who died. They're being asked to contact the
RAAF.
FMI:
www.defence.gov.au/raaf