Somerton Man Case Timeline

Nov 30, 1948

Body found on Somerton Beach, Adelaide.

Dec 1948 - Jan 1949

Found in suit, labels removed, half-smoked cigarette, no ID. Suitcase with clothes marked "T. Keane" found at railway station.

Early 1949

"Tamám Shud" paper found. Book with code & nurse Jessica "Jo" Thomson's phone number handed to police.

1959

Buried as "Unknown Man" at West Terrace Cemetery.

May 19, 2021

Exhumed for DNA testing by South Australia Police.

July 26, 2022

Identified as Carl "Charles" Webb by Derek Abbott & Colleen Fitzpatrick.