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Australian dies on Kokoda Track

A spokeswoman from the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed the man died earlier today. She says the Australian High Commission in Port Moresby is providing consular assistance to a family member who was also on the trek. Staff are also providing assistance to the man's family in Queensland.
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  • News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | about 1 month ago
    Tasmanian Liberal Guy Barnett, who walked the track last year, told the Senate in August that he had grave reservations about the safety of the 96km journey. Queensland father-of-four Paul Bradfield, 38, on Sunday became the third person to die while...
  • News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | about 1 month ago
    Father of four Paul Bradfield, 38, suffered a suspected heart attack in his sleep early on Sunday morning after starting out on the 96km trek last week. A spokesman for Peregrine Adventures, who organised the tour, said Mr Bradfield had not been...
  • News Source: The Age | about 1 month ago
    KTA and PNG's Tourism Promotion Authority issued a short statement on Monday to pass on their condolences to Bradfield's family after the father of four died on the Kokoda Track on Sunday. Bradfield, a Woolworths manager from Townsville, became the...
  • News Source: The Courier-Mail | about 1 month ago
    Aussie Paul Bradfield's body to return from Kokoda Track Article from: AAP September 28, 2009 11:23am THE body of Australian Paul Bradfield who died trekking Papua New Guinea's Kokoda Track will be repatriated later this week. Father-of-four...
  • News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | about 1 month ago
    Paul Bradfield, 38, of Townsville died in his sleep from a suspected heart attack early yesterday. The father of four was taking part in the walk to raise money for the children's cancer charity Camp Quality...Camp Quality chief executive Simon...
  • News Source: The Age | about 1 month ago
    Eight days ago the 38-year-old father of four daughters set out on a gruelling 96-kilometre hike through some of the world's most rugged and remote terrain to raise money for children with cancer. His youngest, Haidee, had battled leukaemia for two...
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  • Blog Source: papertear.com
    Father dies on charity Kokoda trek (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). by admin on Sep.27, 2009, under Charity, Christian Charity. A 38-year-old Townsville father has died during a charity trek on the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea ...
  • Blog Source: papertear.com
    Man dies walking Kokoda for charity (Brisbane Times). by admin on Sep.27, 2009, under Charity, Christian Charity. A father of four has died walking the Kokoda Track while raising money for charity. The rest is here: ...
  • Blog Source: papertear.com
    AN Australian father of four in his 30s has died while walking the Kokoda Track for a cancer charity on his wife's birthday. Go here to see the original: Dad dies on Kokoda charity walk (Perth Now). :Charity, his-30s, his-wife, ...
  • Blog Source: mykokodatrek.blogspot.com
    Trekking the Kokoda Trail - Track Diary. 11 Australian trekkers have tragically died so far in 2009 tackling what some say is the toughest trek in the world. Why would an overweight, unfit, 40-something decide to trek the Kokoda Trail. ...
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