Date15-Jun-1937
TypeProvoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationWallamba River, near entrance to Wallis Lake
ActivityFishing from launch, fell into net with shark
SpeciesWhaler shark, 4 m [13']
InjuryBitten by netted shark PROVOKED INCIDENT
VictimDavid Emmerton, Male
SourceSydney Morning Herald, 6/19/1937; V.M. Coppleson (1958) (in text); SAF Cases #549 & 550
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