Date12-Feb-1948
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationStockton Beach, Newcastle
ActivitySwimming
Species3.7 m [12'] shark
InjuryFATAL, right thigh & leg bitten
VictimRonald Johnson, Male, 16 years old
SourceG.P. Whitley (1951), p.193; V.M. Coppleson (1958); A. Sharpe, p.83
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