- KMA Complex
Celebrating a milestone in the construction of the KMA complex ( Royal Military Academy) in Bandung. My father is standing third from the right. This building is still in use by the Indonesian army.
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Dear Boudewyn,
Do you have names for the other persons depicted on “construction of the KMA complex” in Bandung?
I am particularly interested in information regarding my father, Johan Marie Gerverdinck, born Bogor 30.10.1919, and a graduate of the KMA Bandung.
Re: Tjihapit
In Google maps the area is spelled Cipahit (=Tjipahit)
Which one is correct?
Google ref.:
Grotere kaart weergeven
Dear Irene,
I am afraid that I can not help you. One of the reasons I published this photograph on this website but also in my book was with the hope that someone would recognize his or her father or grandfather on this image. How the fotograph survived is a mystery. Obviously many prints were run off, presumably one for each of the persons depicted, but as far as I know my copy is the only one that survived the war. That is the impression I got from sharing the fotograph with the NIOD in Amsterdam,and also with the Military establishment at Breda.
Dear Irene,
You are right about the spelling. I had to make a choice- either adhere to a modern spelling or to the old one. I wanted to convey the reader back to the past, warts and all, and so I stuck to the old spelling. In my book I devote a paragrraph to this issue. It bugs me that in English books the name of the volcano is written as “Krakatoa” whereas on maps it is shown as “Krakatau”. Krakatoa crept into the English language through a spelling mistake made at the time of the volcanic eruption over a hundred years ago, and we seem to be stuck with it. I am describing life in the Netherlands Indies and I want to use the language of that time.