Date04-Feb-1936
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationSouth Steyne, Manly
ActivitySwimming
SpeciesWhite shark
InjuryFATAL, taken by shark, body not recovered. Twenty months later, in October 1937, meshing (setting anti-shark gill nets) began at metropolitan beaches
VictimDavid Paton, Male, 14 years old
Time15h00
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.67 & 234; A. Sharpe, p.68; A. MacCormick, p.169; J. West, ASAF
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