Walter C. German age 41 died on December 8th, 1916. He was at Seven Shillings Beach with his wife about 1 m from the shore when a shark fatally attacked him and severed his right arm and punctured his chest.

G.P. Whitley, ref. Dr. Cleland, 1924; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.79; A. Sharpe, p.71