Incident Report

Gladstone, Queensland, Australia

Tuesday, December 24, 1946

Non-fatalBoatingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Location

Head

Injury Severity

Moderate

Injury Details

Shark jumped into cockpit

Circumstances

Victim Configuration

Group

Environmental

Moon Phase

New Moon

Season

Summer (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Tuesday

Individual

Name

Moored fishing launch of Harry Lone

Activity

Boating

Location

Address

Gladstone, Queensland, Australia

Body of Water

Coral Sea

Location Type

Boat

Coordinates

-23.8420, 151.2550

Gladstone, Queensland, Australia

Incident Profile

Circumstances

Environmental

Individual

Location

Location

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