article_snippet: Australian Ashley Johnston, known as Heval Bagok Serhed, along with British man Konstandinos Erik Scurfield were honoured together before Johnston, known as Heval Bagok Serhed, along with British man Konstandinos Erik Scurfield bodies were sent home, according to the YPG's Facebook page.
article_snippet: Mr Johnston, known as Heval Bagok, along with British man Konstandinos Erik Scurfield were honoured together .
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: He was a fearless and exceptional soldier as well a great man,' the Facebook statement read.
article_snippet: Fellow comrades say Johnston died after a military tank was encircled by ISIS fighters, so the Australian sacrificed Johnston as Johnston 'jumped out of the panzer to cover us' A fellow fighter detailed one of the final conversations Johnston had with Johnston, who said that Johnston fought for the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) because Johnston 'couldn't take the children and women that ISIS-thugs slaughtered' Days later, a fellow fighter Bejan Dagli a YPJ fighter, told of Johnston final moments spent with Johnston on the same Facebook page.
article_snippet: Dagli says other comrades who witnessed Johnston's death said that 'other comrades who witnessed Johnston's death sacrificed other comrades who witnessed Johnston's death for us'.
article_snippet: When asked how, one of other comrades who witnessed Johnston's death responded with tears in Johnston eyes: 'The panzer that us were inside was encircled by ISIS-thugs and other comrades who witnessed Johnston's death jumped out of The panzer that we were inside to cover us that us could break the encirclement and then other comrades who witnessed Johnston's death got martyred while trying to cover us and break the siege.'
article_snippet: Dagli also released photos Dagli had taken of Johnston just five days before other comrades who witnessed Johnston's death death and wrote about how other comrades who witnessed Johnston's death was picking up Kurdish.
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: In the images soldiers hug, smile and pose with the peace symbol. '
article_snippet: Mr Johnston, originally from Maryborough in 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: Due to the provisions of the Privacy Act, Defence will not release further information about the former member's military service or their personal details.'