 During the patrol his multiple was engaged by small arms fire and grenades.While he was manoeuvring and returning fire he was caught in the blast from an improvised explosive device and tragically was killed.On 16 November, Lance Corporal Peter Eustace, aged 22, from 2nd, Battalion The Rifles deployed to Afghanistan as a mortar fire controller with Delhi Company of 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, attached to Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (North) in Helmand province.