Desmond Quinlan a lifeguard was fatally attacked on December 16th, 1950. he was treading water at Palm Beach, five miles south of Burleigh Heads when a shark severely bit his lower abdomen and severed his left leg.
A Smith; G.P. Whitley (1951), p.194, cites Sunday Herald (Sydney), 12/17/1950 edition;

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