Constable
Clyde James SMITH
YEAR OF DEATH
1935
JURISDICTION
Victoria
DETAILS OF DEATH
About 2.50 p.m. Saturday 5 January 1935 Constable Smith and Constable Alfred M. Kelly were standing talking on the corner of Bay Street and Davey Street Frankston. As they spoke Kelly was examining an automatic pistol which accidentally discharged. The bullet struck Smith in the groin fatally injuring him. He died later the same day.