Shark attack, 1946-08-18 (Unprovoked)
Location: Ellis Beach, 20 miles from Cairns, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Time: 15h20
Activity: Swimming after a tennis ball
Victim: Phillip South Collin (M, age 30)
Injury: FATAL, body not recovered
Fatal: Y
Species: 4.3 m [14'] shark
Source: G.P. Whitley (1951), p.193;V.M. Coppleson (1958), pp.87-88 & 239; A. Sharpe, p.97