Shark attack, 1947-11-08 (Unprovoked)
Location: Maria River, Port Macquarie, 12 miles from river mouth, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
Time: 16h00
Activity: Swimming
Victim: Edwin Elford (M, age 12)
Injury: FATAL, leg severed at knee  
Fatal: Y
Source: G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193;V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.86; A. Sharpe, p.86