Name Henry Vall | ||
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.
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International honours
Du Vall represented New Zealand in 1912 against New South Wales, and in 1913 on tour in Australia.
World War I service and death
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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