The convoy’s departure came three days after the American military folded its flag in a ceremony to celebrate the end of its mission and marked the end of the nearly nine year war.
The war launched in March 2003 with missiles striking Baghdad to oust President Saddam Hussein.. and then the the American military slipped out of the country last week, the world hardly noticed at all.
Sergeant Matthew Locke- Killed in action on October 25, 2007 - aged 33
He was a Special Air Service Regiment, the 3rd Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan.
He was also killed by Taliban fighters in Oruzgan Province.
On 25 October 2007, Locke, who was serving a second tour of duty in Afghanistan, was engaged in a firefight with members of the Taliban militia, when he was injured in the chest by small arms fire. Other soldiers in his unit provided first-aid care prior to and during evacuation to a medical facility, where he died a short time later. Gurkha Lance Corporal Agnish Thapa, serving in the 1st Royal Gurkha Rifles, British Army was awarded the Military Cross for running 100 metres (110 yd) through enemy machine gun and RPG fire and extracted Locke by physically dragging him back to cover. Locke was killed while serving in Orūzgān Province. During his first tour of duty, Locke had been awarded the Medal for Gallantry.
Locke came from Bellingen. ...
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