Shark attack, 1948-02-12 (Unprovoked)
Location: Stockton Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA
Activity: Swimming
Victim: Ronald Johnson (M, age 16)
Injury: FATAL, right thigh & leg bitten 
Fatal: Y
Species: 3.7 m [12'] shark
Source: G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193; V.M. Coppleson (1958); A. Sharpe, p.83