Menteng Pulo War Cemetery was designed on 7 December 1946 by the architect Hugo Anthonius van Oerle [nl], who served as a lieutenant colonel in the First Division of the Royal Netherlands Army.

The laying of the first foundation was carried out by Lieutenant General Simon Spoor, who at that time was the highest ranking Dutch military leader in the Indonesian archipelago.

However, since 1960, Menteng Pulo has become a tomb for bodies that have been moved from several regions in Indonesia such as Banjarmasin, Tarakan, Balikpapan, Manado, Makassar, Palembang, and Cililitan.

[2] Besides the thousands of tombs of victims of the Second World War, at Ereveld Menteng Pulo there are several monuments that are characteristic.

The church is not only used for prayers, but also as a place of commemoration and ceremonies for all religions, as well as the Columbarium which stores ashes of 754 Dutch military personnel who died as prisoners of war.