THE Australian soldier killed by a rocket attack in Afghanistan on Sunday evening (January 4) was Jewish.
Greg Sher, 30, was a private in the 1st Commando Regiment that was serving with the Special Operations Task Group that was conducting operations in Tarin Kowt.
He was killed instantly when a rocket exploded in the compound of an Afghan operating base.
He leaves behind his parents, two brothers and a partner.
Born in South Africa, Sher moved to Melbourne with his family in 1986.
