1734491 Private Matthew Philip Linton, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Age 22 from Sydney NSW. Conscripted in July 1968, Private Linton served with the Battalion as a signalman. He was killed during 'Operation Kings Cross' in Bien Hoa Province on November 4, 1969.
Canberra Times - 6 November 1969.
"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."
Canberra Times - 6 November 1969.
"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."
1734491 Private Matthew Philip Linton, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Age 22 from Sydney NSW. Conscripted in July 1968, Private Linton served with the Battalion as a signalman. He was killed during 'Operation Kings Cross' in Bien Hoa Province on November 4, 1969.
Canberra Times - 6 November 1969.
"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."
Canberra Times - 6 November 1969.
"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."
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1734491 PRIVATE
M.P. LINTON
5 BATTALION
ROYAL AUST. REGIMENT
4. 11. 1969 AGE 21.
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