Frans Alfred Meeng (18 January 1910 – 18 September 1944) was an Indonesian

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who played for the

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in the

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. He also played for SVVB Batavia. A corporal in the

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who became a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese, he died along with thousands of others when the Japanese cargo ship

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sank after being torpedoed by the British submarine HMS ''Tradewind''.

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* 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 {{indonesia-footy-bio-stub