Kalibata Heroes Cemetery


Kalibata Heroes Cemetery, in Kalibata, Pancoran, South Jakarta is a military cemetery in Indonesia. It was built in 1953 and opened on 10 November 1954, with the first burial took place on that day. Former Indonesian foreign minister Agus Salim, who died 6 days earlier, was the first whole body buried on the cemetery. There were also 121 corpses moved from Heroes Cemetery in Ancol.
More than 7,000 people who are military casualties and veterans from Indonesian War of Independence are buried there. This includes many Japanese veterans of the Imperial Japanese Army who stayed in the Dutch colony after World War II of their own free will and fought for the Indonesian independence who are also buried there.
The cemetery is easily visited. The site is well set-out and neatly maintained. It is open to the public with free entry and opened from 06:00 to 18:00 local time daily.

Japanese

There were up to 3,000 Japanese volunteers who fought against the Dutch. Of these approximately 1,000 died, 1,000 returned to Japan after Indonesia's independence, and 1,000 remained and were naturalized in Indonesia. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited on 13 January 2002, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited on 21 August 2007. and Japanese Prince Akishino and Princess Akishino visited on 19 January 2008.

Notable people buried in the cemetery

Indonesians
Japanese