Date10-Feb-1946
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationCity Beach, Perth
ActivityStanding
SpeciesWhite shark, 4.2 m [13'9"]
InjuryLeg bitten, surgically amputated
VictimRonald D. Sunderland, from the Royal Australian Navy, on leave from HMAS Leeuwin, Male, 18 years old
Time12h15
SourceWest Australian, 2/11/1946, p.6; G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.111 & 245; A. Sharpe, pp.130-131; H. Edwards, p.133-134
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