Shark attack, 1950-12-16 (Unprovoked)
Location: Palm Beach North, 5 miles north of Burleigh Heads, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Time: 16h15
Activity: Treading water
Victim: Desmond Quinlan, lifesaver (M, age 20)
Injury: FATAL, lower abdomen severely bitten & his left leg was severed
Fatal: Y
Source: R. A Smith; G.P. Whitley (1951), p.194, cites Sunday Herald (Sydney), 12/17/1950; V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.94 & 239]