article_snippet: A fellow fighter also recalled how Australian Ashley Johnston died, saying the Australian 'sacrificed Australian Ashley Johnston' for Australian Ashley Johnston comrades.
article_snippet: This comes as Australian Ashley Johnston said in Australian Ashley Johnston final interview before Australian Ashley Johnston death, that Australian Ashley Johnston was afraid of returning home because Australian Ashley Johnston thought Australian Ashley Johnston'd be treated like a terrorist.
article_snippet: The Lions of Rojava, a band of volunteers that help recruit soldiers to the YPG, claimed Ashley Johnston was 'outnumbered and outgunned' the Australian ' reportedly died on February 24 in a small village near Shingal in Iraq, close to the border with Syrian Kurdistan .
article_snippet: Ashley Johnston , of Canberra, told The Sydney Morning Herald that Ashley Johnston  thought Ashley Johnston  son was with the Kurds because her son was doing some humanitarian work.
article_snippet: Ashley Johnston  said Ashley Johnston  only knew of Ashley Johnston  whereabouts from a text message sent by her son on December 30.
article_snippet: Ashley Johnston  had informed Ashley Johnston  mother that Ashley Johnston  was in the Middle East 'supporting the Kurdish people'.
article_snippet: Ashley Johnston  learnt of her son's death on Thursday, saying Ashley Johnston  was shocked by the news and is in disbelief that her son was killed while fighting ISIS. '
article_snippet: Ashley Johnston (front, second from right) has been remembered by Ashley Johnston (front friends as the 'best mate' Fighter Bejan Dagli wrote about the final moments of Ashley Johnston .
article_snippet: Ashley Johnston, 28, originally from Maryborough, Queensland but had most recently been living in Canberra, was remembered by friends and colleagues from an Australian army rifle brigade as 'a good man' and 'the best mate'.
article_snippet: It is understood that Ashley Johnston is the first foreign casualty from the Kurdish People's Protection Unit (YPG). '
highlights_snippet: Australian Ashley Johnston was killed in Iraq while fighting ISIS .
  
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highlights_snippet: Australian Ashley Johnston thought her son was doing humanitarian work with the Kurds .
  
highlights_snippet: Kurds say Australian Ashley Johnstonsacrificed Australian Ashley Johnston' when tank was encircled by ISIS .
  