Date27-Jan-1934
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationLambeth Street Wharf, George’s River, East Hills (20 miles from river mouth)
ActivitySwimming outside the safety enclosure attempting to retrieve a tennis ball drifting toward midstream
InjuryBumped, chest bitten & badly injured
VictimWallace John McCutcheon, Male, 15 years old
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.67 & 232; A. Sharpe, p.89; J. Borg, p.89