Date"Anniversary Day" 22-Jan-1850 or 1852
TypeUnprovoked
CountryNEW ZEALAND
LocationWellington Harbor
ActivitySwimming
SpeciesSaid to involve a 6 m to 7.3 m [20' to 24'] shark
InjuryFATAL, posterior thigh bared to femur, kneecap lacerated
VictimJohnny Balmer, a soldier from the 65th Regiment, Male
SourceRef: H. Blake, Sixty Years in New Zealand, pp. 112-116 V. M. Coppleson (1962], page 247
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