Henry Duvall (rugby league)
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Personal information
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| Full name | Daniel Henry Verner Du Vall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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23 December 1886 Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Died | 12 October 1917 (aged 30) Belgium |
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Playing information
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Henry Verner Du Vall (23 December 1886 – 12 October 1917) was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s, playing at representative level for New Zealand (#85), and Hawke's Bay, as a Centre, i.e. number 3 or 4.
Du Vall represented New Zealand in 1912 against New South Wales, and in 1913 on tour in Australia.
Du Vall enlisted in the 1st Battalion, Canterbury Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force on 25 July 1916. He rose to the rank of sergeant and was killed in action in Belgium on 12 October 1917. He is memorialized on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing.
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