article_snippet.sent: In February Australian man Ashley Johnston became the first Westerner to be killed fighting against IS for the Kurdish People's Protection Unit (YPG).
article_snippet.sent: Australian man Ashley Johnston was reportedly killed after Australian man Ashley Johnston became outnumbered when a truck Australian man Ashley Johnston was travelling in broke down in a small village near Shingal, close to Iraq's border with Syrian Kurdistan.
article_snippet.sent: Australian man Ashley Johnston mother Amanda Johnston had no idea His mother Amanda Johnston was at war in the Middle East until His mother Amanda Johnston learnt of Australian man Ashley Johnston death, as Australian man Ashley Johnston told His mother Amanda Johnston Australian man Ashley Johnston was simply heading to the Middle East to do humanitarian work.