BBC Ceefax for 19/07/2012 reported:
"A portrait of a Sunderland soldier who died trying to rescue an injured colleague in Afghanistan will be presented to his family.
Acting Sgt. John Amer, 30, of the Coldstream Guards, died in November 2009 when he was caught in an explosion in Central Helmand province.
Since then, his family has raised more than £10,000 for ABF The Soldiers' Charity in his memory.
The charity commissioned a portrait of the father-of-one to thank them.