Another Australian dies on Kokoda Trail

Another Australian has died while walking the Kokoda Trrail in Papua New Guinea, ABC reports.

It is the second death in less than a week.

The Department of Foreign Affairs says a 26-year-old man from New South Wales died on the trail Wednesday.

No other details have been released.

Last Friday, 36-year-old Samantha Killen from Hamilton in Victoria's south-west collapsed and died, a day after setting off from Ower's Corner near Port Moresby.

Around 1,000 people, mostly Australians, are expected to tackle the 96-kilometre mountain trek in the lead up to Anzac Day.

The deaths are sure to cast a shadow over commemorations along the track.