NEVER FOUND: Surfer Ben Linden, 24, pictured with his girlfriend Alana Noakes, was taken by a great white shark near Wedge Island, despite frantic efforts to save him. . Source: Supplied
MATTHEW Holmes was on his jet ski when he saw a surfer being mauled by a 4m great white shark just 50m in front of him.
He took a friend to shore and then went back to help Benjamin Charles Linden, 24, but found him floating face down in the water with one leg gone and part of his other leg also missing.
Mr Holmes tried to pull Mr Linden up, but the shark bumped the jet ski.
He then saw the shark take Mr Linden's body in its mouth and swim towards the shore.
About 10 seconds later, the shark came back past Mr Holmes with its mouth closed.
Mr Linden's body was never recovered.
Ben Linden's partner relives devastating loss
WA coroner Barry Paul King concluded this month that Mr Linden died by ``misadventure'' in July 2012 near Wedge Island, north of Perth, as a result of a great white shark attack.
SAD FAREWELL: Friends of Ben Linden pay tribute to him during a memorial service.
"I commend Mr Holmes for his brave and selfless actions when attempting to assist the deceased,'' he said.
Mr King recounted how Mr Linden and his friend, Ryan James Soulis, had been surfing for about an hour and were sitting on their surfboards about 15m apart when they noticed the great white shark beneath them.
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As they began to paddle to shore, the shark circled underneath Mr Soulis and then surfaced to his right, close enough for him to feel the spray from its gills, Mr King said.
But the shark then went straight for Mr Linden.
"He knelt on his surfboard and raised his right leg out of the water to kick at the shark, but the shark attacked, taking the deceased in its mouth,'' Mr King said.
Mr Soulis looked back and saw the shark circling Mr Linden's lifeless body.
After Mr Holmes' failed attempt to rescue Mr Linden, a land, sea and air search was conducted, but nothing was found.
The only trace of Mr Linden was his shark-bitten surfboard, Mr King said.
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