Date02-Feb-1959 Reported
TypeUnprovoked
CountrySOLOMON ISLANDS
LocationTrench’s Beach, Guadalcanal Island
ActivityBathing with sister
InjuryFATAL, body not recovered
VictimDonald Battye or David James Battye, Male, 15 years old
Time17h00
SourceNote: V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.248, lists date as 12./6/1958; P. Gilbert, L. Schultz & S. Springer list date of 2/2/1959 and both sources list the same location; New Zealand Herald, 2/2/1959
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