Date13-Feb-1937
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationBar Beach, Newcastle
ActivitySwimming
SpeciesWhite shark
InjuryFATAL, buttocks, ankle & right elbow bitten
VictimJohn Welsh, Male, 32 years old
Time15h20
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.77 & 234; A. Sharpe, p.84; J.West, ASAF
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