Date30-Mar-1961
TypeUnprovoked
CountryAUSTRALIA
LocationGlenelg Breakwater
ActivitySpearfishing
SpeciesBronze whaler shark, 2.4 m [8'] Identified by Clyde Buttery
InjuryShark took his entire catch, lacerated his knee and tore his wet suit as it brushed past him
VictimClyde Buttery, Male, 24 years old
SourceG.P. Whitley citing Sydney Morning Herald, 4/1/1961; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.252
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