Shark attack at Just below Roseville Bridge, opposite Killarney picnic reserve, Middle Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Shark attack details: Just below Roseville Bridge, opposite Killarney picnic reserve, Middle Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales, 16-Jan-1960
Date of attack: January 16th 1960
Location: Just below Roseville Bridge, opposite Killarney picnic reserve, Middle Harbor, Sydney, New South Wales
Shark species: Bull shark
Name of victim: Kenneth William Murray
Age of victim: 13 years old
Sex of victim: M
Activity: Free diving
Injury: FATAL, right leg severed above knee, surgically amputated but died 9 days later

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