Australian SAS Sergeant, Matthew Locke, killed in action

Sgt Matthew Locke, SAS

Sergeant Matthew Locke, MG serving with Special Air Service Regiment in Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan was killed in actionon Thursday, 25 October 2007. 
 
Sergeant Locke was on a patrol when fatally wounded by small arms fire from Taliban extremists.
He was involved in Operation Spin Ghar, which directly supported an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan National Security Forces operation to target and clear Taliban extremists from the area around Tarin Kot, in Uruzgan province.

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