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Yorkey’s Knob Beach near Cairns, AUSTRALIA — 28-Aug-1949
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Shark Attack Incident
Yorkey’s Knob Beach near Cairns, AUSTRALIA
August 27, 1949
Non-fatal
Date
28-Aug-1949
Type
Unprovoked
Country
AUSTRALIA
Location
Yorkey’s Knob Beach near Cairns
Activity
Swimming
Injury
Abdomen & chest abraded
Victim
Brian Ware (rescuer), Male, 21 years old
Time
13h20
Source
V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.89
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