# Police photographs of the body and of where it lay, December 1948

> The record of the body's position against the sea wall and of his face, used for every later identification attempt.

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**ART** 0CVC2CP85SGP·Artifact · recording

# Police photographs of the body and of where it lay, December 1948

PhotographPublic domainDecember 1948

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The record of the body's position against the sea wall and of his face, used for every later identification attempt.

South Australia Police, 1948. Public domain

## Copies 4

**Photo** South Australia Police · commons.wikimedia.org · 1948-12 · Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SomertonMan2.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/cbf7f8d2b9432bc3f5d1be55a862dd01aafd195b028e1d0597958a53ab9de4db)

**Photo** South Australia Police · commons.wikimedia.org · 1948-12 · Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SomertonManDeathSite.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/cd392d406b90ea70efddc3624879e973a4f558d982420820474ba7f24973c4fe)

**Picture** South Australia Police · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SomertonMan2.jpg)

**Picture** South Australia Police · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SomertonManDeathSite.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Somerton Park beach, Adelaide](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CVC1SWP4XKP/somerton-park-beach-adelaide) · Beach

## Sources 1

- [Somerton Man](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CVC1S587WM4/somerton-man)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Police photographs of the body and of where it lay, December 1948 [Artifact ART0CVC2CP85SGP]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CVC2CP85SGP
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Key

**ART** 0CVC2CP85SGP

Kind

Recording

Held by

South Australia Police (reproduced by the South Australia Police Historical Society)

Dated

December 1948

Licence

Public domain (Australian Crown copyright expired, PD-AustraliaGov)

Place

[Somerton Park beach, Adelaide](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CVC1SWP4XKP/somerton-park-beach-adelaide)

Part of

[Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man)

The record

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