Pongoh was an Ambonese sergeant of the Korps Marechaussee van Atjeh en Onderhorigen in Aceh, one of the sergeants of the war — the Aceh War. In Oost-Indisch Journael by Merac (1947), Pongoh is the third-named of the sergeants in Musket’s list of the Marechaussee commanders: “Gilles Graafland, Van Daalen, Campioni, Christoffel, Van der Maaten, Scheepens, Watrin, Webb, Colijn, Geertsema Beckering, Darlang and the sergeants Nussy, Salowono, Pongoh … a colourful array.” The names of these famous fighters and Marechaussee commanders rang through the Indies like carillon music, and their stories of brave deeds, adventures, and peculiarities went the rounds as if they were legends.
The Sergeants of the War
The book’s list of the Marechaussee commanders ends with the sergeants — Nussy, Salowono, Pongoh — the Ambonese sergeants of the war whose names rang through the Indies like carillon music alongside the officers. The sergeants are the book’s — and the colonial memory’s — marker of the Ambonese soldier of the war: the sergeants whose names were carillon music alongside the captains and the general.
Significance
Pongoh is significant in Oost-Indisch Journael as one of the sergeants of the war whose name rang through the Indies like carillon music. The book’s argument — that the names of these fellows of the old time, including the sergeants Nussy, Salowono, Pongoh, rang through the Indies like carillon music and that their stories went the rounds as if they were legends — is the book’s frame for the colonial memory of the Aceh War. Pongoh is therefore one of the book’s fellows of the old time: the Ambonese sergeant whose name was carillon music.
See Also
- Oost-Indisch Journael
- Musket
- Nussy
- Salowono
- Gilles Graafland
- Van Daalen
- Campioni
- Christoffel
- Van der Maaten
- Scheepens
- Watrin
- Webb
- Colijn
- Geertsema Beckering
- Darlang
- Korps Marechaussee van Atjeh en Onderhorigen
- Atjeh-oorlog
Source
Oost-Indisch Journael: Palaver om de tafel met het gat, by Merac, Toekan-Serie no. 2, ed. G. L. Tichelman (Haarlem: De Gulden Pers, 1947), the chapter on den zieleherder
Pongoh was an Ambonese sergeant of the Korps Marechaussee van Atjeh en Onderhorigen in Aceh, one of the sergeants of the war — the Aceh War. In Oost-Indisch Journael by Merac (1947), Pongoh is the third-named of the sergeants in Musket’s list of the Marechaussee commanders: “Gilles Graafland, Van Daalen, Campioni, Christoffel, Van der Maaten, Scheepens, Watrin, Webb, Colijn, Geertsema Beckering, Darlang and the sergeants Nussy, Salowono, Pongoh … a colourful array.” The names of these famous fighters and Marechaussee commanders rang through the Indies like carillon music, and their stories of brave deeds, adventures, and peculiarities went the rounds as if they were legends.
The Sergeants of the War
The book’s list of the Marechaussee commanders ends with the sergeants — Nussy, Salowono, Pongoh — the Ambonese sergeants of the war whose names rang through the Indies like carillon music alongside the officers. The sergeants are the book’s — and the colonial memory’s — marker of the Ambonese soldier of the war: the sergeants whose names were carillon music alongside the captains and the general.
Significance
Pongoh is significant in Oost-Indisch Journael as one of the sergeants of the war whose name rang through the Indies like carillon music. The book’s argument — that the names of these fellows of the old time, including the sergeants Nussy, Salowono, Pongoh, rang through the Indies like carillon music and that their stories went the rounds as if they were legends — is the book’s frame for the colonial memory of the Aceh War. Pongoh is therefore one of the book’s fellows of the old time: the Ambonese sergeant whose name was carillon music.
See Also
- Oost-Indisch Journael
- Musket
- Nussy
- Salowono
- Gilles Graafland
- Van Daalen
- Campioni
- Christoffel
- Van der Maaten
- Scheepens
- Watrin
- Webb
- Colijn
- Geertsema Beckering
- Darlang
- Korps Marechaussee van Atjeh en Onderhorigen
- Atjeh-oorlog
Source
Oost-Indisch Journael: Palaver om de tafel met het gat, by Merac, Toekan-Serie no. 2, ed. G. L. Tichelman (Haarlem: De Gulden Pers, 1947), the chapter on den zieleherder.