Date22-Jan-1936
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationWest Beach, near Adelaide
ActivitySwimming. Passer-by, Len Bedford, heard him shriek , saw shark leap from the water & swimmer disappeared
SpeciesWhite shark
InjuryFATAL
VictimRay Bennett, Male, 13 years old
Time18h00
SourceSydney Morning Herald, 1/23/1936; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.107 & 240; A. Sharpe, p.120; J. West, ASAF
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