Date26-Dec-1929
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationWhite Bay, near Bald Rock Jetty, Sydney Harbor
ActivityDiving by wharf
SpeciesTiger shark
InjuryFATAL, left arm severed above elbow, lacerations on chest, right thumb severed, left thigh lacerated to bone, abrasions
VictimWilliam Oakley, Male, 16 years old
SourceV.M. Coppleson.N3.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.232; G.A. Llano, pp. 170-171
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