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.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1910-01-18)18 January 1910 | ||
Place of birth | Dutch East Indies | ||
Date of death | 18 September 1944(1944-09-18) (aged 34) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
SVVB Batavia | |||
National team | |||
Dutch East Indies | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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]
Dutch East Indies squad – 1938 FIFA World Cup | ||
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