Showing posts with label Cemetery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cemetery. Show all posts

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Bandung Pandu Dutch Cemetery


These neat rows of white tombstones on a green field are part of the Dutch Field of Honor (locally known as Dutch Cemetery) at Pandu area in the city center. Interred here are the Dutch casualties killed in the battle they fought to defend Ciater and Subang areas in the north of Bandung against the incoming Japanese army in the World War II. Some Dutch civilians from the Bangka-Belitung islands near Sumatera were also later interred (or re-interred) here. The cemetery is now maintained by the Commonwealth War Grave Commission (CWGC).

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Prof Wolff Schoemaker Tombstone


This indistinct and ordinary looking tombstone is that of Prof Wolff Schoemarker (25 July 1882 - 22 May 1949), one of Indonesia's finest architects of his time and the designer of many of Bandung's historical landmarks. To learn more about him please follow the link I have given.