Date12-Jul-1938
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationOff Bathurst Island
ActivityHardhat diving from Japanese pearling lugger, Reiyo Maru
InjuryFATAL, dragged out of diving helmet
VictimOkada, Male, 25 years old
SourceG.P. Whitley, p.264; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.244; Sydney Morning Herald, 7/12/1938