Frans Alfred Meeng
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 January 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | Dutch East Indies | ||
| Date of death | 18 September 1944 (aged 34) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| SVVB Batavia | |||
| International career | |||
| Dutch East Indies | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Frans Alfred Meeng (18 January 1910 – 18 September 1944) was an Indonesian football midfielder who played for the Dutch East Indies in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[1] He also played for SVVB Batavia.
A corporal in the Netherlands Marine Corps in World War II who became a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese, he died along with thousands of others when the Japanese cargo ship Jun'yō Maru sank after being torpedoed by the British submarine HMS Tradewind.[2][3][4]
References
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External links
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Categories:
- 1910 births
- 1944 deaths
- Indonesian men's footballers
- Indonesia men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- 1938 FIFA World Cup players
- Footballers from Palembang
- Royal Netherlands Marine Corps personnel of World War II
- Dutch military personnel killed in World War II
- Deaths due to shipwreck at sea
- Dutch prisoners of war in World War II
- World War II prisoners of war held by Japan
- Military personnel killed by friendly fire
- 20th-century Indonesian sportsmen
- Indonesian football biography stubs