Matthew Philip LINTON

LINTON, Matthew Philip

Service Number: 1734491
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR)
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 19 June 1948
Home Town: Mount Gravatt, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Lino/Carpet Layer
Died: Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 4 November 1969, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Wall 13 Row O
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour
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Vietnam War Service

4 Mar 1969: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1734491, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam
4 Mar 1969: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1734491
25 Mar 1969: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1734491
25 Mar 1969: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1734491, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR)
14 May 1969: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1734491, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR)
14 May 1969: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1734491

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"Australian killed in Vietnam

An Australian soldier was killed in action and two others were wounded in two contacts with the enemy in South Vietnam on Tuesday. They were all from 5th Battalion, RAR, an army spokesman said in Canberra yesterday. In Bien Hoa province, Private M. P. Linton, a national serviceman of Upper Mount Gravatt, Queensland, died of fragment wounds. Corporal D. A. Campbell of Singleton, NSW, suffered fragment wounds in the same contact. His condition is satisfactory. In Phuoc Tuy province, Private B. I. Pye, a national serviceman of Dalton, NSW, suffered fragment wounds in another contact. His condition is very satisfactory." - from the Canberra Times 06 Nov 1969 (nla.gov.au)

 

 

 

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