Date02-Mar-1922
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationCoogee
ActivityBathing in knee-deep water
SpeciesWhite shark, 2.4 m [8']
InjuryFATAL, right hand severed, lacerations on left thigh & left hand, died in hospital of gas gangrene
VictimMervyn Gannon, Male, 21 years old
Time11h00
SourceV.M. Coppleson.N5. (1933); V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.63 & 230; A. Sharpe, pp.56-57; G.A. Llano, pp.160-161
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