Shark Attack | Mabuiag Island, between New Guinea & Australia | August 1937

Shark attack at Mabuiag Island, between New Guinea & Australia, Torres Strait, Australia

Shark attack details: Mabuiag Island, between New Guinea & Australia, Torres Strait, 31-Aug-1937
Date of attack:	August 31st 1937
Location:	Mabuiag Island, between New Guinea & Australia, Torres Strait
Shark species:	Tiger shark, tooth fragment recovered 3 weeks later from an abcess that developed on the back of his neck
Name of victim:	Iona Asai
Age of victim:	38 years old
Sex of victim:	M
Activity:	Diving from the lugger San, operated by the Protector of the Aborigines
Injury:	Head, neck & shoulder bitten (In 1918, he was also bitten by a shark off Cairns)

Tiger shark, tooth fragment recovered 3 weeks later from an abcess that developed on the back of his neck

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