Facts:   - death place: batavia -lrb- jakarta -rrb-    - caption: general gerardus johannes berenschot    - commands: aceh war -lrb- 1910-1915 -rrb-    - allegiance: netherlands netherlands    - death date: yes 13 october 1941 24 july 1887      - birth date: 24 july 1887    - laterwork: professor at the military academy -lrb- 1925-1930 -rrb-    - name: gerardus johannes berenschot    - branch: royal netherlands east indies army -lrb- knil -rrb-    - image: berenschot , g.j. . jpg    - birth place: solok    - rank: lt general , commander of the knil   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gerardus johannes berenschot .
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lieutenant general gerardus johannes berenschot -lrb- solok , july 24 , 1887 -- kemayoran , batavia -lrb- jakarta -rrb- , october 13 , 1941 -rrb- was commander-in_chief of the `` koninklijk nederlands indisch leger '' -lrb- royal netherlands east indies army ; knil -rrb- .an indo -- as eurasians of indonesian and dutch descent -- berenschot was the son of a dutch officer in the knil .g. j. berenschot was the son of gerrit hendrik berenschot and florence mildred rappa .at the age of 15 , he was sent to the netherlands , where he attended cadet school at alkmaar .he later entered the royal military college , from which he graduated first in his class .he was the only commander of indonesian descent -lrb- indo -rrb- in the dutch east indies .upon graduation , he returned to his native east indies where he distinguished himself as a young subaltern serving in the knil during the bloody campaigns in aceh .in 1934 he became the knil 's chief of the general staff and , in july 1939 , was promoted to commander-in-chief .berenschot was regarded as a gifted officer with organisational skills and possibly the best commander-in-chief the knil ever had .not only was he a skilled soldier , berenschot also displayed an impressive understanding of politics and diplomacy .following the fall of the netherlands in 1940 , berenschot participated in conferences involving allied leaders at singapore , where he was well liked and well regarded by his british and us counterparts .on october 13 , 1941 , the plane carrying bereschot back from a conference with british air chief marshal robert brooke-popham crashed in the suburbs of batavia .there were no survivors .by order of the colonial authorities , all flags on public buildings were hung at half-mast .berenschot 's remains were buried in the cemetery at bandung .bereschot 's post of commander-in-chief of the knil was given to lieutenant general hein ter poorten , who had the difficult task of preparing the east indies for the looming war with japan .berenschot was...