Date03-Jan-1927
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationGrey’s Point, Port Hacking
ActivitySwimming
Species3.7 m [12'] shark
InjuryFATAL, leg bitten from thigh to ankle
VictimMervwyn Allum, Male, 15 years old
Time11h30
SourceV.M. Coppleson.N.21.(1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.230; NYTimes, 1/5/1927
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