Date14-Jan-1944
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationFirst Beach, Forster
ActivitySurfing
InjuryBoth legs bitten, one surgically amputated
VictimPeter Weir, Male, 14 years old
Time17h00
SourceG.P. Whitley (1951), p.193, cites Daily Mirror (Sydney) 1/18/1944; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.84
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