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Jayantha de S Jayaratne

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Allegiance
  
Education
  
Royal College, Colombo

Service/branch
  
Sri Lankan Army

Rank
  
Major general

Name
  
Jayantha S.

Died
  
1988


Commands held
  
Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna (SF HQ (J))

Battles/wars
  
Sri Lankan Civil WarInsurrection 1987-89

Battles and wars
  
Sri Lankan Civil War, 1987–89 JVP insurrection

Major General Jayantha de S. Jayaratne, VSV, ndc, IG, SLA (died 1988) was a Sri Lankan general, who was the former Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna (SF HQ (J)).

Educated at Royal College, Colombo, he joined the army after graduating from the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Ceylon Artillery as a Second Lieutenant.

Major General Jayaratne was a graduate of the National Defence College, India and was the Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Artillery. He was awarded the Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya (VSV) in 1987 and died in 1988.

References

Jayantha de S. Jayaratne Wikipedia


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