Shark attack, 1939-12-14 (Unprovoked)
Location: Rubbish Dump Creek, Mackay, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Time: 12h15
Activity: Swimming 
Victim: Frank Gurran (M, age 20)
Injury: FATAL, left foot & right leg bitten, later surgically amputated  
Fatal: Y
Species: 2.6 m [8.5'] shark landed 2 hours later
Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 12/15/1939; V.M. Coppleson (1958), p.238