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Napier man who lost dad in Doris Disaster pushes for Perfume Point memorial 4 Mar, 2021 04:01 AM 4 minutes to read Ray Cooper wants to see the promised memorial of the Doris Disaster, in which his father and nine other men died, at Perfume Point happen in his lifetime. Photo / Warren Buckland A 91-year-old man who lost his father in a 1932 maritime disaster in Napier fears he may never see a memorial built at the site of the tragedy. Ray Cooper's father Eddie Cooper, aged 28, was one of 10 men who died when their launch Doris made its way into the Napier harbour and collided with the barge Te...