Shark attack victim Sean Pollard back home in Bunbury Sean Pollard with girlfriend Claire Oakford before the attack. ESPERANCE shark attack victim Sean Pollard is back home in Bunbury, almost two months after losing an arm and both hands to a great white. The 23-year-old was attacked by a great white while surfing off Kelpids Beach in Wylie Bay on October 2. Tasmanian-born girlfriend Claire Oakford watched helplessly from the shore as the electrician lost his left arm and right hand. Witnesses told how Mr Pollard courageously paddled in to shore and collapsed in the shallows before he was given emergency first aid on the beach by four strangers who almost certainly saved his life. Last night the pair shared a photo of themselves on Facebook looking happy and well. Shark attack victim Sean Pollard, with girlfriend Claire, is back home after being mauled by a great white, losing one arm and both hands. A caption on the photo said: "Back home and doing as well as can be xxx" Mr Pollard was flown to Royal Perth Hospital after the attack, and remained there for the past seven weeks. Supporters of Mr Pollard rallied to raise thousands of dollars for a trust account to cover his ongoing medical expenses. Immediately after the attack fishing authorities killed two great whites lurking near the beach. They were sent to Perth where the bite marks on Mr Pollard's surfboard were compared to their jaws. Shark attack victim Sean Pollard being transferred by Royal Flying Doctor Service to Perth. Picture Marni Topping Source: Supplied At the time, Fisheries Minister Ken Baston said all the evidence, including reports of great whites in the area before and after the incident, "point to the probability that the two sharks caught were involved in the attack." Fisheries scientist Rory McAuley said the size of the two bite marks in Mr Pollard's surfboard indicated the shark was likely a single great white about 3m-4m long. The stomachs of the female sharks, one 2.68m and the other 3.46m, were empty, but it is common for sharks to regurgitate their stomach contents when captured. An internal acoustic transmitter was recovered from one of the sharks, but there was no receiver beacon at Wylie Bay to warn surfers. Idyllic Wylie Bay, near Esperance, the scene of the shark attack. Picture: Surf Life Saving WA Source: Supplied The four people at the beach that day, Paul Rothnie and his wife Kylie, an Albany volunteer ambulance officer, Esperance Primary School deputy principal Ross Tamlin and Esperance local Dean Gaebler, shirked the tag of heroes for saving Mr Pollard, saying he was the real hero for having the strength and courage to swim l00 metres to shore, despite horrific injuries to both arms. Mr Tamlin was surfing 400 metres from Mr Pollard on the main break at Kelpids Beach about 11am when he heard an "almighty scream." The experienced surfer immediately raised the alarm. Community paramedic Paul Gaughan, Paul Rothnie and his wife Kylie, an Albany volunteer ambulance officer, Esperance Primary School deputy principal Ross Tamlin and Esperance local Dean Gaebler. Picture: Mick Sonnerman. He yelled at Kylie Rothnie, a St John Ambulance volunteer from Albany who was playing in the shallows with her daughter, to get back to the beach. Mr Gaebler and Mrs Rothnie's husband, Peter, carried Mr Pollard to shore and used leg ropes as tourniquets around his severed hand and arm, wrapping the limbs in beach towels to stem the flow of blood. Mrs Rothnie drew on her St John Ambulance training and stabilised Mr Pollard. "He was conscious the whole time," she said. He was so brave through the whole thing. Originally published as Shark victim Sean Pollard home