Gatot Subroto
Gatot Soebroto ( Enhanced Spelling: Gatot Subroto, 10 October 1907 – 11 June 1962) was an Indonesian general who began his military career with the Royal Dutch East Indies Army (KNIL) and rose to be deputy Army chief-of-staff. Early life Soebroto was born in Purwokerto, Central Java. He began his education at a ''Europeesche Lagere School'', an elementary school for the children of Europeans, but was expelled for fighting with the Dutch children.Mutiara Sumber Widya (publisher)(1999) He then moved to a ''Hollandsch-Inlandsche School'' for Indonesians. He did not continue his education after graduating from this elementary school, but instead found a job. However, he was dissatisfied, and decided on a military career.Sudarmanto (1996)Bachtiar (1988) Pre-independence military career In 1923, Gatot enrolled in military school in Magelang. After graduating, he joined the Royal Dutch East Indies Army (KNIL) and rose to the rank of sergeant.Sundhaussen (1982) In 1942, the Japane ...
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Purwokerto
Purwokerto is a large but non-autonomous town on the island of Java, Indonesia. It is the capital of Banyumas Regency, Central Java province. The population of the four districts which comprise the town at the 2010 census was 233,951 and 229,271 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 230,235. Geography Purwokerto is located in the middle of Java Island within the province of Central Java, near the base of Mount Slamet, the second-t