A forensics expert who helped identify Ned Kelly's body is part of an international team investigating the MH17 crash.
David Ranson is a forensic pathologist and deputy director of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM).
The Melbourne scientist will join other forensic experts in the Netherlands at the Corporal Van Oudheusden Barracks in Hilversum.
The town itself is in mourning after the loss of several families in the Malaysia Airlines crash in the Ukraine.
Associate Professor Ranson will be accompanied by VIFM forensic dentists Jeremy Graham and Lyndall Smythe as well as technician Gemma Radford.
Australian and Dutch aircraft will take bodies from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv to the Eindhoven airport in the Netherlands.
They will then be transported by road to the medical military base where the forensics team is based.
Some bodies are expected to be identified quickly while others could take weeks, Dutch authorities say.
Family members of many of the Australian victims have already provided DNA samples and other information to help with identification.
Professor Ranson was involved in the Ned Kelly project, which used a DNA sample from Kelly's sister, Ellen's great-grandson, to identify the body of the iconic bushranger.
The VIFM, described as a "turbo-charged CSI", is recognised as one of the world's leading forensic medicine institutions.
The team has also been involved in the Bali bombings investigations, as well as the Black Saturday bushfires and the Asian tsunami disaster.
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