| Date of attack: | March 2nd 1922 |
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| Location: | Coogee, New South Wales |
| Shark species: | 2.4 m [8'] Great white shark |
| Name of victim: | Mervyn Gannon |
| Age of victim: | 21 years old |
| Sex of victim: | M |
| Activity: | Bathing in knee-deep water |
| Injury: | FATAL, right hand severed, lacerations on left thigh & left hand, died in hospital of gas gangrene |