Suwu Johannes Lontoh (15 June 1908 – 4 January 1945) was a

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who represented the

Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...

at the

1934 Far Eastern Championship Games The 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games was the tenth edition of the regional multi-sport event, contested between China, Japan and the Philippines, and was held from 16 to 20 May in Manila, the Philippines. A total of eight sports were contested d ...

Personal life and death

Born 15 June 1908 in

Manado Manado () is the capital City status in Indonesia, city of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of North Sulawesi. It is the second largest city in Sulawesi after Makassar, with the 2020 Census giving a population of 451,916 distribu ...

, Dutch East Indies, Lontoh served in

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with the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. He was captured by Japanese forces on 9 March 1942, and died on 4 January 1945.

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list the Dutch East Indies's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dutch East Indies goal.''

References

1908 births 1945 deaths People from Manado Indonesian men's footballers Indonesia men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Royal Netherlands East Indies Army personnel of World War II Dutch military personnel killed in World War II Dutch prisoners of war in World War II World War II prisoners of war held by Japan Sportspeople from North Sulawesi {{Indonesia-footy-forward-stub