article_snippet: The former soldier was reportedly killed while fighting for the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) on February 24.
article_snippet: A former Australian soldier was reportedly fighting for the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in Iraq and Syria but was killed on February 24 .
article_snippet: "' It is believed the 28-year-old's remains are in an unstable area near the Iraq and Syria border.
article_snippet: It is believed the 28-year-old's remains are in an unstable area near the Iraq and Syria border .
article_snippet: he served for seven years with Australia's Army Reserves before going travelling and becoming moved by struggle of ethnic Kurds against IS militants who have taken control of large parts of Syria of Iraq.
article_snippet: he was taken from us in a heroic assault on ISIS positions in a small village near Shingal.
article_snippet: It is understood that Johnston is the first foreign casualty from the Kurdish People's Protection Unit (YPG). '
article_snippet: Defence is aware that a former Australian Army Reserve member is believed to have been killed in northern Iraq while allegedly fighting with Peshmerga forces against Daesh,' the ADF said in a statement. '