DEFENCE MEDIA RELEASE
Issued by Coordination and Public Affairs, Department of Defence, Canberra, ACT
Phone: 02 6265 3343, Fax: 02 62656946
CPA 104/08
Thursday, 24 April 08
AFGHAN BASES NAMED IN HONOUR OF FALLEN DIGGERS
Two bases in Afghanistan have been named in honour of Australian soldiers killed in
action last year.
Patrol Base Worsley is named after Private Luke Worsley, a Commando with the 4th
Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, who died during an assault on a Taliban-held
compound last November. Patrol Base Worsley was built by Australian combat
engineers of the Reconstruction Task Force, near the Baluchi Valley in Oruzgan
Province.
Forward Operating Base Locke honours Sergeant Matthew Locke of the Special Air
Service Regiment, who was killed in action late last year. The base is situated in the
Chora Valley, where Sergeant Locke fought Taliban forces in 2006, for which he was
awarded the Medal for Gallantry.
The bases were officially opened by Commander of Australian Forces in the Middle
East, Major General Mike Hindmarsh. Major General Hindmarsh paid tribute to the
valour displayed by Private Worsley and Sergeant Locke, and to the Reconstruction
Task Force that has worked so hard to bring stability to the country.
Following each naming ceremony, command of the bases was transferred to the
Afghan National Army. Operating from Patrol Base Worsley and Forward Operating
Base Locke, Afghan troops will provide security to the surrounding areas in
partnership with coalition force mentoring teams.
Media note: Video footage of the will be fed to the Federal Press Gallery shortly.
Media contact: Defence Media Liaison: (02) 6265 3343 or 0408 498 664
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