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Body of Australian killed fighting IS arrives home

Xinhua, July 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

Australia's Kurdish community is finalizing plans for a tribute at the funeral for a Gold Coast Anglo-Saxon man killed while fighting Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria after his body arrived home on Friday.

The Kurdish community was instrumental in organizing the retrieval and repatriation of his body from the battle-fields after he stepped on a landmine last month and was killed, AAP reported.

Reece Harding, 23, left a video message before his death saying he joined the fight against IS because he felt the west was not doing enough to stop the slaughter of Kurds and others in Syria.

His family on Queensland's Gold Coast have expressed their gratification to local Kurds who have supported them since their son's death.

It remains illegal for Australians to fight for either side in the conflict in Syria. Endi