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Brits Retrace Borneo Death March

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Sep 05, 2011
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It's quite possibly the toughest hike in the world, and it had never been completed in its entirety until last weekend when 14 British soldiers emerged from the Borneo jungle after retracing the steps of the infamous death marches forced on prisoners of war towards the end of World War II.

Only six Australians survived three marches that claimed 1,781 Au…

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