Matthew Locke (soldier), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Recipient of the Australian Medal for Gallantry
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Place of Birth: Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia
About Matthew Locke (soldier)
- Matthew Raymond Locke MG (16 March 1974 – 25 October 2007) is a recipient of the Medal for Gallantry, awarded for bravery, the third highest award in the Australian honours system.
- During Operation Spin Ghar, with his patrol entrusted with setting up an observation post in Tarin Kowt, Oruzgan province, the patrol was compromised by militia after a 10-hour foot infiltration up the side of a mountain.
- Sergeant Locke, without regard for his own personal safety, led a two-man team to neutralise the Anti-Coalition Militia in order to protect the patrol from being overrun, and in effect repeatedly exposed himself to intense rifle and machine gun fire.
- He was awarded the medal in December 2006.
- Sergeant Locke was on patrol in October 2007 when he was fatally shot by small arms fire from militia.
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