article_snippet.sent: The Queenslander, who lived in the ACT, is believed to be the first Westerner to die in battle against IS.
article_snippet.sent: The Australian reportedly died on February 24 in a small village near Shingal in Iraq, close to the border with Syrian Kurdistan .
article_snippet.sent: However his was fighting against the IS rule and was shot in a clash with their forces in February.
article_snippet.sent: His mother is believed to be the first Westerner to die in battle against IS . '