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Corporal DOUGLAS HENRY PLAYER

Service Number: 24236
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Infantry

24th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALAMEIN MEMORIAL

Column 101.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Francis Fritz Allen Player and of May Player (nee Spiers), of Waihue, Auckland, New Zealand. His brother Maitland Allen Player also fell.
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Buried or commemorated at

ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Egypt
Number of casualties: 11862
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