Singapore/Jakarta: Australia and Indonesia, drawing ever closer on matters of security, plan to redevelop World War II-era defence facilities on the small island of Morotai into a joint training base. Defence Minister Richard Marles also announced in Jakarta on Thursday that an Indonesian with the rank of colonel would embed with Australian troops from early next year as a deputy commander of 1st Brigade in Darwin. Of Australia’s three infantry brigades, 1st Brigade interacted most closely with the annual rotation of US Marines, he said. The initiatives were flagged by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in February when he signed the Treaty on Common Security with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, but details were scant. The strategically placed island of Morotai is at the northernmost point of Indonesia’s North Maluku province and just south of the Philippines. In World War II, it was captured from the Japanese by Allied forces, including Australians, and used as a base to liberate the Philippines.…