Sekilas Perjalanan Militer Akademi menuju Breda

Setelah tercapainya kesepakatan perundingan Roem - Royen pada tgl 7 Mei 1949 dan Yogyakarta kembali ke pangkuan RI, benteng Vredeburg di gunakan sebagai asrama dan tempat belajar Militer Akademi hingga tahun 1950. foto kiri atas : pasukan MA masuk kota yogya di jemput Sri Paku Alam VIII . kiri bawah : foto para instruktur MA th 1949. Foto kanan atas : Kadet MA angkatan III yg akhirnya hanya tersisa 7 org saja dan foto kanan bawah : Direktur Militer Akademi kol.Djati Koesoemo. latar belakang foto instruktur dan foto MA angkatan ke III di benteng vredeburg.

Mengingat Siswa Militer Akademi III hanya tersisa 7 orang maka dengan tambahan siswa hasil selekasi maka di berangkatkan menuju Breda untuk di didik menjadi perwira militer disana.

 

Indonesian cadets at the Royal Military Academy, Breda, Netherlands (July 1953)

From 1952-1957 the Indonesian army was trained by the Dutch army, Indonesian cadets were trained at the Royal Military Academy (KMA) in Breda, Netherlands.

Indeed, during the Indonesian war of independence a small group of Indonesians were trained to complete the fusion between the TNI and the KNIL to establish a new colonial army after the reestablishing op the Dutch East Indies, but they weren't trained for the TNI, after 1950 they served with the TNI. Most of them were sons of Sultans etc, people who supported the Dutch.

The training started in 1952, so i guess these guys are the first class which graduated.Raden Mas. H.H. Djajadiningrat and Raden Mas. S. Tjondronegoro were the first in September 1949 and in September 1951 27 came from Indonesia to be trained to be the instructors of Indonesian officers within 5 years in Indonesia.

Indonesian cadets salute Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard, Netherlands (1952) 

Beretbadge Indonesian cadets

Sumber : Buku Panduan Vredeburg Fortess

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