Date27-Feb-1960
TypeUnprovoked
CountryNEW ZEALAND
LocationMangawhai, near Wellsford
ActivitySpearfishing
SpeciesBronze whaler shark,4 m [13']
InjuryNo injury, leg bumped by shark's tail
VictimLaurie Ross, Male, 22 years old
SourceR.D. Weeks, GSAF; Auckland Star, 2/29/1960; V.M. Coppleson (1962), pp.253-254
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