JAKARTA – It’s not as easy as today, communicating through social media, WhatsApp, telephone and many more. In the past, in sending messages before letters or post humans in sending messages via doves, there was even one dove who was very instrumental in this country.
There was an important role for the dove when the Indonesian Republican Army (TRI) fighters were facing attacks from the Dutch colonialists in 1946.
Reporting from various sources, the bird was not a dove carelessly. The pigeon turned out to be a pet and was trained by TRI to deliver messages between units.
At that time, the dove had the task of connecting the TRI Unit in Ronggolawe Lamongan to the TRI Unit in Surabaya in 1946. In fact, the bird was so clever that the rank of Lieutenant was assigned to the pigeon.
However, it seems that the role of the dove was sniffed by the Dutch because it always flew at a certain time. At that time the Dutch were overwhelmed by the TRI who was suspected of getting a message from the dove.
Once upon a time, the Dutch deployed their sniper and shot the lieutenant in the wing. Even though it was covered in blood, with the rest of its energy and life, the pigeon still conveyed its message until it died in front of the TRI commander.
However, thanks to the great merits of the dove, finally the rank of Posthumous Lieutenant was attached to the late dove.
Not only was he given a rank, to commemorate his posthumous Lieutenant not buried, but preserved so that future generations could witness the struggles of Indonesian fighters, either TRI or those who helped him.
Then, the Merpati Pos carcass was preserved to commemorate his services. At that time, the independence fighter officer immediately handed over the Pos Merpati bird to the Brawijaya Malang Museum. Until now, this Pos Merpati bird is considered one of Indonesia’s heroes.
More complete information about the Post Pigeon is contained in the book ‘Album Perang Kemerdekaan 1945-1950’, published by the Almanac Publishing Agency of the Republic of Indonesia
Museum Brawijaya Malang, East Java, surely you will be greeted by a Japanese-made war tank that was seized by Arek-arek Suroboyo in October 1945.
Not only that, once you entered the museum, there were lots of wartime weapons that were neatly lined up in almost all corners of the room. However, among the historical relics, there is one type of bird that is preserved in the cupboard at the Museum Brawijaya Malang.
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