Date18-Aug-1946
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationEllis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns
ActivitySwimming after a tennis ball
Species4.3 m [14'] shark
InjuryFATAL, body not recovered
VictimPhillip South Collin, Male, 30 years old
Time15h20
SourceG.P. Whitley (1951), p.193;V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.87-88 & 239; A. Sharpe, p.97
Shark Data Lab