Kembang Kuning War Cemetery

Dutch Field of Honor Kembang Kuning
Nederlands Ereveld Kembang Kuning Makam Kehormatan Belanda di Kembang Kuning
Kembang Kuning War Cemetery
Details
Location	Surabaya, East Java
Country	Indonesia
Coordinates	7°17′08″S112°43′27″E / 7.285509°S 112.724236°E / -7.285509; 112.724236
Type	War cemetery
Owned by	Netherlands War Graves Foundation
No. of graves	Over 5,000

Kembang Kuning War Cemetery, also Dutch Field of Honor Kembang Kuning (Dutch : Nederlands Ereveld Kembang Kuning, Indonesian : Makam Kehormatan Belanda di Kembang Kuning), is a war cemetery in Surabaya, East Java in Indonesia.

More than five thousand victims of the Pacific War and the Indonesian War of Independence are buried in the cemetery. ^[1] This includes both civilians and servicemen of the former Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (Dutch : Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger, KNIL) and the Mariniersbrigade . ^[2] A monument to naval officer Karel Doorman is located in the middle of the cemetery. This monument commemorates the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942, in which 918 Dutch sailors were killed. The names of the 915 missing are on fifteen bronze plates on the back of the monument. Only three casualties of the Battle of the Java Sea actually rest at the Karel Doormanhof section on Kembang Kuning.

Notable burials

• R.W. Berghuis (1926–1948) ^[3]
• J.M.L.I. Chömpff (1904–1942) ^[4]
• S.A. Dikstaal (1901–1942) ^[5]
• Francken sisters (1930/1932–1945) ^{[6] [7]}
• H.H.M. Fuhri (1915–1942) ^[8]
• B.H. Hagendijk (1920–1942) ^[9]
• C.H. Kranenburg (1917–1947) ^[10]

References

1. "Surabaya, Nederlands Ereveld Kembang Kuning". Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands War Graves Foundation. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
2. Hornman, Wim. De geschiedenis van de Mariniersbrigade (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Omega Boek. ISBN   9789060575239.
3. "Roelf Willem Berghuis". Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands War Graves Foundation. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
4. "Jan Marie Lodewijk Ignatius Chömpff". Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands War Graves Foundation. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
5. "Simon Arnoldus Dikstaal". Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands War Graves Foundation. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
6. "Wilhelmina Jacoba Louise Francken". Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands War Graves Foundation. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
7. "Johanna Laurina Maria Francken". Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands War Graves Foundation. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
8. "Hans Herbert Moritz Fuhri". Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands War Graves Foundation. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
9. "Bastiaan Huibregt Hagendijk". Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands War Graves Foundation. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
10. "Carel Hendrik Kranenburg". Oorlogsgravenstichting.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands War Graves Foundation. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

External links

• (in Dutch) Kembang Kuning War Cemetery on the website of the Netherlands War Graves Foundation (OGS)
• (in Dutch) OGS leaflet about Kembang Kuning War Cemetery
• (in English) OGS brochure about Dutch war graves in Southeast Asia