A 48-year-old Australian has died in Papua New Guinea while hiking the Kokoda Track. 9News
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed it was providing consular assistance to the man's family.A spokesperson for Port Moresby's Pacific International Hospital told the ABC the 48-year-old man was brought in on Sunday night after fainting on the track.
The Kokoda Track Authority manages the trail where an estimated 625 Australians were killed fighting and more than 1600 were wounded in the bloody five-month campaign fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers in World War II.Kokoda Track 80 years on: The savage battle on Australia's doorstep
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