Dutch War Cemetery Ancol | |
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Nederlands Ereveld Ancol Makam Kehormatan Belanda di Ancol | |
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Location | |
Country | Indonesia |
Coordinates | 6°07′07″S 106°51′17″E / 6.118537°S 106.854787°E |
Type | War cemetery |
Owned by | Netherlands War Graves Foundation |
No. of graves | Over 2,000 |
Dutch War Cemetery Ancol (Indonesian: Makam Kehormatan Belanda di Ancol), also Dutch Field of Honor Ancol (Dutch: Nederlands Ereveld Ancol), is a war cemetery in Ancol, Jakarta, in Indonesia. It is one of two Dutch war cemeteries in Jakarta, the other being Dutch War Cemetery Menteng Pulo in Tebet.[1] The cemetery was inaugurated on 14 September 1946. More than 2,000 victims of the Pacific War are buried here, including 1,328 members of the resistance against the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies.[2]