Date15-Feb-1953
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationCave at Shell Harbour
ActivitySpearfishing
SpeciesWobbegong shark
InjuryShark tore off face mask, diver’s face, nose & chin lacerated
VictimRex Gallagher, Male, 25 years old
Time18h00
SourceSpearfishing News, April 1953, p.5; J. Oetzel in Skin Diver Magazine, March 1965, p.17; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.33
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