Details emerge of Aussie killed with Kurdish fighters

Details are beginning to emerge about the identity of a young Queensland man who travelled to Syria and died fighting against IS.

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters

Details are beginning to emerge about the identity of a young Queensland man who travelled to Syria and died fighting against IS.

Ashley Johnston was a military reservist in Australia before he took up arms with Kurdish forces

Only days after he was killed, his fellow fighters have bragged on social media about a bloody revenge attack.

Ellie Laing reports.

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