Supriyadi
Supriyadi was born in East Java, Dutch East Indies, on April 13, 1923. He attended junior high school, then a school to prepare him for government bureaucracy in Magelang. However, the Japanese invaded Indonesia before he graduated. He then switched to high school and underwent youth training in Tangerang, West Java.
In October 1943, the Japanese established a militia, PETA to assist Japanese forces against the Allies. Supriyadi joined PETA, and after training was posted to Blitar, East Java. He was tasked with overseeing the work of the Romusha forced laborers. The plight of these workers inspired him to rebel against the Japanese. When Supriyadi join with PETA, his got rank as shodancho or platoon commander.When nationalist leader Sukarno visited his parents in Blitar, PETA officers told him that they had begun to plan a rebellion and asked for Sukarno's opinion. He told them to consider the consequences, but Supriyadi, leader of the rebels, was convinced the uprising would succeed.
In the early hours of 14 February 1945, rebels attacked Japanese troops, causing heavy casualties. However, the Japanese defeated the rebellion and put the ringleaders on trial. Six people were sentenced to death and the rest were given jail sentences ranging from three years to life. However, Supriyadi wasn't executed. Some tell Supriyadi was run and hide from Japanese and never been found.
On 6 October 1945 in a government decree issued by the newly independent Indonesia, Supriyadi was named minister for public security in the 1st cabinet. However he failed to appear, and was replaced on 20 October by ad interim minister Muhammad Soeljoadikusuma. To this day his fate remains unknown.
He was officially declared a National Hero on 9 August 1975 in Presidential Decision No. 063/TK/1975.
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