Kalibata Heroes Cemetery
Heroes Cemetery, Kalibata (Indonesian Taman Makam Pahlawan Kalibata,[1] abbreviation TMP Kalibata), in Kalibata, South Jakarta is a military cemetery in Indonesia.
More than 7,000 people who are military casualties and veterans from Indonesian War of Independence are buried there. This includes many Japanese veterans of the Imperial Japanese Army who stayed in the Dutch colony after World War II of their own free will and fought for the Indonesian independence who are also buried there.[2]
The cemetery is easily visited. The site is well set-out and neatly maintained. It is open to the public; entry is free; the cemetery is open from 6.00am-6.00pm every day.
The Japanese dead
There were up to 3,000 Japanese volunteers who fought against the Dutch. Of these approximately 1,000 died, 1,000 returned to Japan after Indonesia's independence, and 1,000 remained and were naturalized in Indonesia.[3] Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited on January 13, 2002,[4] Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited on August 21, 2007.[5] and Japanese Prince Akishino and Princess Akishino visited on January 19, 2008.[2]
Notable people buried in the cemetery
Indonesians
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Japanese
- Noboru Otobe (乙戸昇, Imperial Japanese Army second lieutenant).[6]
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See also
References
- Kiyoyuki Hatakeyama, Masayasu Hosaka (2004), Rikugun Nakano Gakko Shusen Hishi, Shinchosha ISBN 4-10-115522-4
- ↑ Kevin Tan Marshall of Singapore: a biography Page 514 - 2008 "... when Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew visited Indonesia and scattered flower petals on the graves of the two executed marines who had been buried in the Taman Makam Pahlawan Kalibata (Kalibata Heroes Cemetery) in Jakarta.1"
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- ↑ Hatakeyama (2004), p675-676
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