Date11-Mar-1927
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationMereweather Beach
ActivityBody surfing / treading water
SpeciesGrey nurse shark?
InjuryRight buttock & thigh bitten, thumb removed
VictimEdward Pritchard, Male, 17 years old
Time15h00
SourceV.M. Coppleson.N17. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.76 & 231; G.A. Llano, p.165
Shark Data Lab