Date17-Apr-1949
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationEllis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns
ActivityBathing in water 0.9 m deep
Species3.3 m [10'9"] shark
InjuryFATAL, left leg severed
VictimRichard Joseph Maguire, Male, 13 years old
Time13h30
SourceG.P. Whitley (1951), p.194; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.239; A. Sharpe, pp.38 & 97
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