shark attack in Unspecified in 1942

Incident Details:

year: 1942
location: Unspecified
area: Unspecified
country: Ocean
fatality: non-fatal
species: unknown
victim: Bombardier J. Hall Private Green of the Sherwood Foresters & Captain C. O. Jennings R.E. Anti-tank Regiment
gender: M
age: unknown
injury: No injury to occupants. Sharks continually followed the dinghy and one smashed its rudder
time:
species detail:
source: V.M. Coppleson (1962) p.206
species: unknown shark
date: 1942
activity: Days before the surrender of Singapore the 3 men escaped to Sumatra where they acquired a 17' dinghy. After 125 days at sea they drifted back to Sumatra

Reconstruction of the Shark Attack

In the year 1942 on the date reported as 1942 - Bombardier J. Hall Private Green of the Sherwood Foresters & Captain C. O. Jennings R.E. Anti-tank Regiment, a male aged unknown was Days before the surrender of Singapore the 3 men escaped to Sumatra where they acquired a 17' dinghy. After 125 days at sea they drifted back to Sumatra near Unspecified. An unknown shark was reported to have attacked Bombardier J. Hall Private Green of the Sherwood Foresters & Captain C. O. Jennings R.E. Anti-tank Regiment. The attack was non-fatal (No injury to occupants. Sharks continually followed the dinghy and one smashed its rudder )