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LOCKE, Matthew Raymond
Personal Details
Service Number: | 8229246 |
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Enlisted: | 11 June 1991, Singleton, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) |
Born: | Bellingen, New South Wales , 16 March 1974 |
Home Town: | Bellingen, Bellingen, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Killed in Action, Uruzgan Province, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, 25 October 2007, aged 33 years |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
Memorials: | "The Rock", SASR Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geraldton Afghanistan Honour Roll, Sale RSL Afghanistan Honour Roll, Two Wells Afghanistan War Memorial, Yungaburra Afghanistan Avenue of Honour |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
11 Jun 1991: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Singleton, New South Wales |
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Afghanistan Service
7 Oct 2001: | Involvement Sergeant, 8229246, Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) |
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Awarded the Medal for Gallentry on 02 Dec 2006;
"For gallantry in action in hazardous circumstances as the second-in-command of a Special Air Service Regiment patrol in the Special Forces Task Group whilst deployed on Operation Slipper, Afghanistan, in 2006."