Date11-Dec-1959
TypeProvoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationAltona, Melbourne
ActivitySpearfishing, Smith & Walker touched shark with tip of their guns
Species2.7 m [9'] shark
InjurySmith hit by tail of shark, Walker sustained cuts on his wrist PROVOKED INCIDENT
VictimBarry Smith & Harold Walker, Male, 17 years old
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1962), p.252;
Shark Data Lab