Mochammad Idjon Djanbi

Mochammad Idjon Djanbi
(Rokus Visser)
Mochammad Idjon Djanbi ; (Rokus Visser)
	Mochammad Idjon Djanbi
Birth name	Rodes Barendrecht Visser
Born	13 May 1914; Boskoop, Netherlands
Died	1 April 1977 (aged 62); Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Allegiance	Netherlands ; Dutch East Indies; Indonesia
Service/branch	Royal Netherlands Army; Royal Netherlands East Indies Army; Indonesian Army
Years of service	1938–1969
Rank	Sergeant Royal Netherlands Army (KL) ; Captain Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) ; Lieutenant colonel Indonesian Army (TNI)
Unit	No. 2 Dutch Troop ; No. 10 (Inter Allied) Commando(1942–1945) ; 4th Special Service Brigade ; Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government ; Korps Speciale Troepen (1945–1949); Kopassus (1952–1969)
Commands held	Kopassus
Battles/wars	World War II German invasion of the Netherlands; Operation Market Garden; Operation Infatuate; Indonesian National Struggle South Sulawesi campaign of 1946–1947;
Awards	Mobilisation War Cross,; War Commemorative Cross,; Bronze Cross,; Burma Star,; World War II Victory Medal,; Medal for Order and Peace with ribbon buckles 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949;

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Mochammad Idjon Djanbi (13 May 1914 – 1 April 1977) previously known as Rodes Barendrecht "Rokus" Visser, also spelled as Barendregt, was a Dutch-born Indonesian soldier who served as a Dutch commando during World War II, Korps Speciale Troepen officer and eventually became first commander of Kopassus.

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