DateMar-1953
TypeUnprovoked
CountryPAPUA NEW GUINEA
LocationOff Rossel Island, Louisiade Archipelago
ActivityWent over side of boat at trochus ground
SpeciesTiger shark
InjuryFATAL, arm & leg severed & shark smashed at his body with its tail
VictimCaptain of cutter Hetabu, Male
SourceA.M. Rapson, p.148; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.254
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