M. Tirtodramo Bijleveld

Muhammad Tirtodarmo Bijleveld is a Dutch east Indies-born citizen of the Empire of the Philippines. He is apart of the Artilyerya de Albay as a spotter, but is currently attached to Armada Subic as a Naval Gun Spotter, and is currently serving in the Imperial Government of the Philippines Apart of the 8th Imperial Assembly (Kamara)
== About ==
=== Early Life ===
Muhammad Tirtodarmo Bijleveld was born on September 6th 1853 to a mixed Dutch-Javanese Family. During his childhood he grew up in Batavia (Currently known as Jayakarta). He was fascinated of the stories his Grandfather told him as he served in the Napoleonic Wars as an artillery officer. Fascinated of the style of warfare his grandfather told him, he began to map the surround areas near Batavia imagining how battles would be fought in them. 
At the age of 16 Tirtodarmo had to flee with his family to the Philippines to avoid Anti Mixed Dutch blood organizations, using a sailboat his family successfully landed in Bataan.
=== Life in the Philippines ===
After landing in Bataan they sought refuge in kind Filipino citizens abode being fed and taught by them how to speak Tagalog, after a few months they finally build their own house, with his grandfather's passing, Tirtodarmo with his ambitions decides to go pursue higher educations in the Akademiya sa Bapor Pangkalakalan ng Pilipinas, after graduating he returned home for a few days and finally joined the ranks of the Imperial Army
=== Service in the Imperial Army ===
After graduating from the Akademiya sa Bapor Pangkalakalan ng Pilipinas, He enlisted in the Marines de Quingua on June of 1871, he participated in the Annexation of Sulu, after the end of the Sulu Campaign he decided that Amphibious Combat is not what he is interested in, inspired by his grandfather He decided to transfer from Marines de Quingua to join the Artilyerya de Albay working as a loader, during the Sabah campaign, using a captured cannon He lost his nose in an explosion, and was reassigned to become a spotter lasting until the end of the Sabah campaign.
During the Annexation of the Java island from Dutch rules, his previous maps of the terrains surrounding Batavia and knowledge of the Javanese and Dutch language was instrumental on the advance to the center of Batavia and the Sunda island campaign as a whole
=== Service in the Imperial Navy ===
After the end of the Sunda island campaign, being stationed in Intramuros on Guard Battery duty Tirtodarmo volunteered to temporarily joined the Imperial navy as a Naval gun spotter and Loader. He served in the Armada subic for a few months until the Armada was grounded due to budget constraints and Volunteers were sent back into their respective Regiments.
=== Service in the Imperial Government ===
During leave to go back to Bataan for a family visit, Tirtodarmo saw how bad the economic condition of the common people was, He decided to join Partido ng Makabayang Sosyalista to try to fix the economic situation.
He succesfully secured a seat during the 8th Kamara and now is serving as the representative of the XII. Sunda Island Region and the Ministro de Kalakalaan at Pananalapi
== Trivia ==
* Tirto always brings a haversack and canteen with him.
* The canteen is filled with gunpowder
* The haversack is filled with Fentanyl
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