Date07-Jan-1934
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationQueenscliff
ActivitySwimming on sandbar adjacent to channel
Species4.3 m [14'] shark seen in area previous week
InjurySeverely lacerated right leg. Later surgically amputated & survived despite gas gangrene
VictimColin Grant, Male, 22 years old
Time15h30
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.65-66 & 232; A. Sharpe, pp.66-67
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