Here are four short articles of information about four revolution heroes

 

1. Jenderal Ahmad Yani

Ahmad Yani was born in Central Java, June 19, 1922 and died at Lubang Buaya in Jakarta, October 1, 1965 (43). He was the commander of Indonesian Army, and was killed by members of the PKI. His family worked in a sugar factory run by Dutch owners. In 1927, Yaniv moved with his family to Batavia, where his father now works for General Dutch. In Batavia, Yani worked his way through primary and secondary education. In 1940, Yani left high school for military duty in the army of the Dutch East Indies colonial government. He studied but education was interrupted by the arrival of the Japanese forces in 1942. At the same time, Yani and his family moved back to Java Tengah. In 1943, he joined the army-sponsored Japanese Map (Defenders homeland), and underwent further training in Magelang. After completing his training, Yani ask to be trained as a platoon commander Map and moved to Bogor, West Java, to receive training. Once he completed the training, he was sent back to Magelang as an instructor.

 

2. Letnan Jenderal R. Suprapto

Lieutenant General Posthumous Soeprapto was also born in Central Java, but on June 20, 1920. He died in Lubangbuaya Jakarta, October 1, 1965 at the age of 45 years. He is one of Indonesia’s national heroes. He was one of the victims in G30SPKI and buried at the Heroes Cemetery Kalibata Jakarta. Soeprapto was born in Navan, and is almost the same age as Commander Sudirman. He was only four years younger than the Commander in Chief. He had a formal education after graduating MULO (junior high school) is AMS (senior high school) in Yogyakarta Part B completed in 1941. Around this time the Dutch government announced the militia was in connection with the outbreak of the Second World War. That’s when he entered the military education at Koninklijke Militaire Akademie in London. His couldn’t finish his education because the Japanese troops had already landed in Indonesia. He was captured and imprisoned by the Japanese, but then he managed to escape. After his escape from the prison, he filled his time by following the Youth Training Centre courses, training Keibodan, Seinendan, and syuisyintai. After that, he worked in the Office of Public Education. At the beginning of the independence, he was one of those who took part and successfully fought the Japanese forces in Cilacap. After that, he then entered into a member of People’s Security Army in Purwokerto. That was the beginning of when he officially entered the army, because before, even though he participated in the struggle against the Japanese army as in Cilacap, the struggle was just as popular struggle conducted by the Indonesian people in general. Meaning he did not necessarily stand out amongst the crowd.

 

3. Letnan Jenderal Haryono

Lieutenant General Posthumous Mas Tirtodarmo Haryono was born in Surabaya, East Java, January 20, 1924. He was a part of the group that died at Lubang Buaya, Jakarta, October 1, 1965 at the age of 41 years. He is one of the Indonesian revolution heroes who were killed in the events of G30S PKI. Lt. Posthumous M.T. Haryono had previously educated at ELS and then forwarded to the HBS. After he graduated from HBS, he entered the Ika Dai Gakko (School of Medicine, during the Japanese occupation) in Jakarta, but not until the end. Ketika independence was announced, at the time he was currently in Jakarta and soon he was joined by other young men to fight to defend freedom. He struggled at the same time to enter the resumption of People’s Security Army (TKR). At first he obtained the rank Mayor.Selama maintaining the independence war that was between 1945 to 1950, and he was frequently transferred throughout those years. First he placed at the Liaison Office, and then as Secretary of the Indonesian delegation in negotiations with the British and Dutch. At one time he was once worked as Secretary of State Defense Council and at other times as the Permanent Representative on Disarmament Affairs in the Ministry of Defence. And when the Round Table Conference (RTC) was organised, he was the Secretary of the Indonesian military delegation.

 

4. Letnan Jenderal Siswondo Parman

Another Lieutenant General, with the name Posthumous Siswondo Parman, was born in Wonosobo, Central Java, August 4, 1918. Her also died at Lubang Buaya in Jakarta, October 1, 1965 but at the age of 47 years. Siswondo Parman, better known by the name of S. Parman, was one of the Heroes of the Revolution of Indonesia and the Indonesian Military Figures. He died killed in the events of the PKI Movement and earned the title of Lieutenant General after his death. He was buried in TMP Kalibata, Jakarta. Parman was an intelligence officer, and knew a lot of information about the PKI. He was only one among the officers who refused PKI plans to form a Fifth Force consisting of workers and peasants. Rejection, as well as his position as an intelligence officer who knows a lot about PKI, made him become one of the kidnapping victims Cakrabirawa led by Sergeant Major Satar. Abduction which may have been set by his own brother, Ir. Sakirman which was a part of PKI’s important group at the time.