Date18-Dec-1961
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationNoosa Heads
ActivitySurfing, pushing board ashore
SpeciesNext morning a 3 m [10'] shark was caught that had Andrews' leg in its gut
InjuryFATAL, right wrist and hand bitten, left leg severed above knee
VictimJohn Grayson Andrews, Male, 22 years old
Time06h15
SourceNatal Daily News, 12/19/1961; Sydney Morning Herald, 12/20/1961; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.246; H.D. Baldridge, p.172; A. Sharpe, pp.100-101
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