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Historical Military Events in Indonesia

Black and white photos depict military gatherings and ceremonies in Indonesia during the late 1940s, showcasing soldiers, music bands, and dignitaries.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Garoet; sworn etc. Arrival General Dürst Britt. November 1946. Garoet, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Funeral General Track. Funeral General Platform on Ereveld Menteng Pulo The funeral party runs through Batavia. 28 May 1949. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Celebration date December 7 Division to exceeding care (officers and sports competitions). Public in sworn. December 7, 1946. Bogor, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC 2 year anniversary 3-10 R.I. and 2nd inf. Brig.; Festivities Poerwokerto. Running competition about Aloon-Aloon or soccer field. In the background a barracks. 30 June 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Purwakarta

Prisoners Of War General - Italy War File. October 4, 1940.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sunday mood in Tjianjdjoer. Football match. July 13, 1947. Cianjur, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Parade in Bandoeng. Detachment women's corps knascout or women's help corps kl. April 30, 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Masseteasing Buitenzorg. In a music tent are speakers and invitees. August 1947. Bogor, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Harrevelds. Funeral J. van Harreveld and wife on the plow for civilian cases in Menteng Poeloe. Funeral car with slip carriers passes flagpost surrounded by 5 trumpeters. October 31, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Jerusalem (Jerusalem), military observation. Armed soldiers on and around an "observation point". January 1, 1964. Israel, Jerusalem

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Swearing a nefis officer for the Java Hotel. Staff Music KliL plays. August 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Prince Bernhard Chapel on Mars. Marching Prins Bernhard Chapel. November 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Negara festivals Lieutenant-Governor General H.J. Van Mook and Wali Negara Tengkoe Mansour standing on a platform on a square with many spectators. March 13, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Burn. KNIL Soldiers sit and stand in trucks on a barracks area. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Royal Air Force- Operations Over Albania and in Greece, 1940-1941. RAF ground crews assemble in lorries outside Athens, before travelling to a port in southern Greece for evacuation.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Medan (II). Medan: Dutch troops indoors bindui. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sworn officials. Presentation Bro. And cross of merit. Padang. Military parade. January 20, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Padang, Sumatra

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Medan (II). Medan: The Republican Vice President Mr. Hatta would have completed a visit to Bindjei this days and the NRA had arranged either. Now the Dutch liberation army fell to the honor to be allowed to drive under this gate. July 1947. Bindjei, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Moentilan between Djokja and Magelang. Military column goes on your way again. 1 February 1949. Indonesia, Muntilan, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Kamp of Angolan liberation movement Fnla in Zaire, members liberation movement in the camp. August 22, 1973. Zaire

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Military hospital in Medan. DEILER IN MEDAN. Negara parties Procession of the population. Warriors perform a dance. March 13, 1948. Indonesia, Medan, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Japaneseanese Prisoners Of War Marching To Internment Camp At Hong Kong, China. 1 September 1945.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Inauguration Ereveld Kembang Koening in Surabaya. Man in uniform - chaplain or pastor keeps speech, behind him General W.J.K. Baay. March 8, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Surabaya

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Parade in Bandoeng. Eskadron Fighting trucks KNIL. July 1947. Bandoeng, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit of main legene mushroom Colonel H.J.J.M. Van Straelen to Makassar. Van Straelen visits a Kampong. March 1947. Celebes, Indonesia, Makasar, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Dr. Mansoer in Medan (Wali Negara Soematera Timoer); Christmas celebration 3.4-i r.i. Canoe plateau; Military hospital; Flower help on graves. Medan: The sick and wounded were also not forgotten the Christmas days. The Protestant Youth Club raised a Christmas game in the canteen of the military hospital. December 25, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Two Sudanese police officers with camels. August 26, 1964. Sudan

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Palembang. 8 (iv) battalion shock troops in Batoorka in South Sumatra. July 23, 1947. Baturaja, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Anefo photo collection. WI West Indies / Anefo London series. Dutch West Indies. Suriname. Visit Prince Bernhard. Inland soldiers up. {1940-1945}. Paramaribo, Suriname

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC General Doorman in Soerabaja, 1st series. General Doorman and Companion, the general looks through a periscope. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Buitenzorg (with Article 2). Buitenzorg: On the birthday of H.M. De Koningin found a remarkable event in prison pliers in prison. The prisoners of war and political offenders present requested their congratulations to the authorities. A representative of the prisoners of war focuses in the Senendanese to the assistant resident, the HR. Hins .. August 31, 1948. Bogor, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. A military jeep in the main street of the Master Cornelis district (Batavia). 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Funeral General Spoor. Funeral General Platform on Ereveld Menteng Pulo the coffin on an affliction pulled by a dead power wagon with crate carriers. 28 May 1949. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Arrival Bloemfontein. Arrival Bloemfontein in Tandjong Priok. On board are men from the December 7 division .. November 2, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies, Tandjong Priok

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit army commander S.H. Rail along Bali, Timor and Surabaya 12-6-1946 to 16-6-6-1946. Bali. S.H. Track (right). The door of his staff car is opened by his adjutant Captain J. Tahija. June 1946. Bali, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Banjoemas, Chinese control committee. Port tjilatjap. Waranedia. Tjilatjap: There is again great activity in the harbor now that the construction with a hard hand is being tackled. A 3500 kg removing anchor from the KPM is taken to the scaffolding .. October 10, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Military group at Old St Pauls, Wellington, 1920s-1930s, Wellington, by Roland Searle.

DN-SN-86-00505. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Twenty-three British Indian prisoners in the Glodok prison. September 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Illana (Philippines), March 1896. Philippine War. Campaign mass of the Spanish troops still in the colony.

This is the "Home" of the Australian Second Battalion in Malaya. The troops are housed in these buildings and tents at Minden Barracks, Penang, Here some of the men are moving off to mess parade. These pictures are from Herald staff photographer Bruce Reddaway, who accompanied the Second Battalion to Malaya. November 09, 1955. (Photo by Bruce Reddaway).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. A group of Indonesian men in citizens stood on an inner area of a prison? Opposite them contains four Dutch officers at a roof. March 1947. Indonesia, Medan, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

WORLD WAR II. Members of the British army installing a sign showing the direction of Mandalay (Burma), that was destroyed by British bombing during the Japanese ccupation (1942-45).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Herbegrafenis General H.L. La Lau at Ereveld Menteng Poeloe. Trumpeters around the Dutch flag. May 20, 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Parade in Bandoeng on the birthday of Princess Juliana. Parade pulls past the building of the Department of Transport and Water Management. April 30, 1947. Bandung, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Transfer of the city of Solo. Saturday, November 12, a large mass meeting was held in the stadium in Solo on the occasion of the transfer of the city. The Dutch flag is ironed. November 12, 1949. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Solo

07/31/1910. General Eulate in the Canary Islands. The new civil governor of the Canary Islands upon landing in Tenerife.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Welferi. A Dutch soldier, seen on the back, stands for a building with a flagpole. August 1, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sports tournament in Semarang on the occasion of the farewell of General de Waal through the T-, V, and W-Brigades and B.C. Perkalongan. Semarang. On the occasion of General de Waal's departure, a sports tournament is organized by the V-, T and W-Brigade and the Basic Command Pekalongan. A section of the KNIL soldiers gave away a demonstration pre-war exercise in the break. April 12, 1948. Indonesia, Jatingalh, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Festivities following the birth of Princess Marijke. Corps Pijpers December 7 Division. 19 February 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Start Of A Riotous Visit -- French Resident General Gilbert Grandval salutes in Meknes, French Morocco, yesterday during the visit that resulted in bloody clashes - between troops and nationalists. Grandval broke off the tour of principal cities of the French North African protectorate after the disorder, second such incident on his projected visits to discuss his plans for liberalizing French rule. July 26, 1955. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Inspectorate General H.J. Curls by Indonesia. Padang. U-Brigade General Curls and Company during a break on a veranda of a restaurant or hotel. May 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Photo reportage on the island of Bangka and the town of Pangkal Pinang. An Ambonese flute orchestra (from KNIL infantry VII). January 1947. Banka, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Banjoemas, celebration of the two-year existence of the V-Brigade. Large group of Dutch soldiers together. Also to see his nurses. In the background a state portrait of Queen? February 7, 1948. Banyumas, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Various topics article "Weapon brothers", recording show Schouwburg, admission Passar Ikan Bevening city, Rijswijk cityscape. Vlag ceremony of Dutch soldiers launched by population. 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Parade in Bandoeng. DEPILÉ preceded by officer with Sabel passes flag watch. April 30, 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC BeachMaster in tours after the occupation of said place. Jeep with a truck with a red cross, drives through tours. December 20, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, tours

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Banjoemas, celebration of the two-year existence of the V-Brigade. Large group of Dutch soldiers together. A man keeps a speech. In the background a state portrait of Queen? February 7, 1948. Banyumas, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

British and Indian Troops Learn Civilian Trades in Burma Indian students at the Services Arts and Technical Organisation (SATO) Open Polytechnic in Rangoon, receive instruction on a mechanics course at 81 Mobile Workshop.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasar Malam Ambarawa; sports competitions; Lieutenant Colonel Brummer from 2-7 R.I. Gets a flag. Opening Pasar Malam. Speech by the assistant resident Emmanuel. April 20, 1948. Ambarawa, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. The royal company arrives in Mariënburg. October 1, 1955. Mariënburg, Suriname

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Soldier on roller skates on a wide street. Behind it a large house where a Dutch flag is in the front garden. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Kantor Wali Kota Palembang / Kedangan Kota Kedangan. October 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Palembang, Sumatra

Parade of the fleet personnel During the visit of the squadron in the Dutch East Indies consisting of the cruiser Hr.Ms. Sumatra (1916-1944), torpedo boat hunter Hr.Ms. White de With (1930-1942) and torpedo boat hunter Hr.Ms. Van Galen (1929-1940) to Saigon.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Welcome dance is executed. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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