Hong Kong | Unspecified | Tweed Beach

Incident Details:

year: 1945
location: Tweed Beach
area: Unspecified
country: Hong Kong
fatality: fatal
species: unknown
victim: Sargeant H.W. Jackson
gender: M
age: unknown
injury: fatal
time: shortly before dusk
species detail:
source: Argus 9-25-1946 p.20 V.M. Coppleson (1962) p.247
species: unknown shark
date: 24-Sep-45
activity: Bathing

Reconstruction of the Shark Attack

In the year 1945 on the date reported as 24-Sep-45 - Sargeant H.W. Jackson, a male aged unknown was Bathing near Tweed Beach. An unknown shark was reported to have attacked Sargeant H.W. Jackson. The attack was fatal