THE Australian who has been named by Kurdish forces as having died while helping them fight ISIS, had "flown under the radar", with few people knowing he was in Syria. 
Former Australian soldier Jamie Bright (pictured), aged in his mid-40s, has been named by the YPG, or the People's Protection Units of Kurdish Syria, as having been "martyred against ISIS".
It is not known whether Mr"Bright's family in Western Australia has been told of his death. He is understood to be divorced with an adult son and to have grown up in the NSW Riverina district. It is believed Mr Bright, who was given the name "Jabar" by the Kurds, died from gunshot wounds last Wednesday, according to his YPG colleagues.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is yet to confirm his death, but an Australian who fought alongside him in Syria told The Courier-Mail his friend was definitely dead.
"He was shot about three or four days ago," the source said. "I've had it confirmed." The friend said Mr Bright was fighting for justice for the Kurdish people, whose lands in northern Syria had been overrun by ISIS.
"He saw something was happening that wasn't right and wanted to fix it," he said.Mr Bright is the third Australian to die fighting with the Kurds. Reece Harding of the Gold Coast and Ashley Johnston of the ACT have also died.