DateReported 25-Oct-1939
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationNear Restoration Rock off Portland Roads
ActivityFree diving for trochus shell, swimming to dinghy
SpeciesTiger shark, 4.3 m [14'], 3 tooth fragments retrieved from his wounds
InjuryBoth thighs were lacerated, recovered at Thursday Island hospital
VictimSmall Cobbe, Male, 27 years old
SourceG.P. Whitley, p. 20; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p. 99
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