Date21-Dec-1952
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationCape Douglas
ActivityFishing, setting nets
Species2.4 m [8'] shark
InjuryBitten on thigh and buttocks
VictimJohn Holmes, Male, 25 years old
Time"After dark"
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), p.178; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.245
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