Date15-May-1937
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationRoss River, Townsville
ActivityRefused permission to cross on the ferry, he was swimming across the river
Species2 days later a 600-lb shark was caught 100 yards from the site
InjuryFATAL, left arm severed at elbow, right arm bitten, right leg severed at knee
VictimWilliam Tennant, Male, 33 years old
TimeNight
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.90 & 238
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