ON the banks of the Citarum River lies a small village called Teluk Jambe. It is located near Karawang, a regency that was famous during the colonial era as a rice-producing region. Traffic in Karawang was bustling and busy because it served as a train stop on the route from Bandung to Batavia and vice versa. To reach Karawang, people had to cross the Citarum River at Teluk Jambe.
It was also in Teluk Jambe where Teuku Yusuf served as a civil service police officer. He was responsible for maintaining order and security in and around Teluk Jambe, which was frequently plagued by thieves and robbers. On March 23, 1896, Teuku Yusuf and his wife, Wardinah, were blessed with their fourth child, whom they named Ahmad Subardjo.
“When I was born, my father was still serving as a civil service police officer, the lowest rank in the civil service,” Ahmad Subardjo recalled in Kesadaran Nasional: Sebuah Otobiografi (National Consciousness: An Autobiography). “My mother proudly told me that my father had once been awarded a medal by the government in recognition of his service after he successfully apprehended a much-feared robber.”
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