Incident Report

Southport, Queensland, Australia

Wednesday, August 15, 1956

Non-fatalDiving

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Incident Profile

Injury Location

Arm

Injury Severity

Moderate

Injury Details

Laceration to arm when his dive buddy grabbed the shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

Circumstances

Victim Configuration

Group

Water Depth

Standing

Shallow

Moderate

Deep

Environmental

Moon Phase

First Quarter

Season

Winter (Southern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Tuesday

Individual

Name

Lyle Davis

Sex

Activity

Diving

Location

Address

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Body of Water

Coral Sea

Location Type

Reef

Coordinates

-27.9678, 153.4053

Southport, Queensland, Australia

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Location

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