Pandu War Cemetery Explained

Dutch War Cemetery Pandu
Native Name:Dutch; Flemish: Nederlands Ereveld Pandu
Indonesian: Makam Kehormatan Belanda di Pandu
Country:Indonesia
Location:Bandung, West Java
Coordinates:-6.8997°N 107.5919°W
Type:War cemetery
Owner:Netherlands War Graves Foundation
Graves:4,000

Dutch War Cemetery Pandu (Indonesian: Makam Kehormatan Belanda di Pandu), also Dutch Field of Honor Pandu (Dutch; Flemish: Nederlands Ereveld Pandu), is a war cemetery in Bandung, West Java, in Indonesia.[1]

The cemetery has 4,000 graves. Most of the graves belong to Dutch civilian war victims and prisoners of war from Japanese-run internment camps who were killed by their captors during the fall of Japan in 1945. At the highest point of the cemetery stands a flag pole with at its base the place names where most people were killed. Lt. Gen. Berenschot, who died in an aircraft crash before the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies, is also buried here.

There are two monuments on the cemetery, one for all the unidentified civilian war victims and one for all the unknown soldiers who are buried there.

Notable burials

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Those who were Buried in Ereveld Pandu and Leuwigajah. Fauzan. Hevi Abu. 9 December 2022. Sejarahbandung.id. Sejarah Bandung. 20 June 2024. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20230119175907/https://www.sejarahbandung.id/those-who-were-buried-in-ereveld-pandu-and-leuwigajah/. 19 January 2023.
  2. Web site: Gerardus Johannes Berenschot. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl. Netherlands War Graves Foundation. nl. 20 June 2024.
  3. Web site: Leonhard Elisa Lanjouw. Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl. Netherlands War Graves Foundation. nl. 20 June 2024.