Preceded by R. A. de Mel Name T. Jayawardena Unit Sri Lanka Light Infantry Battles/wars World War II Rank Major | Battles and wars World War II Succeeded by Bernard Soysa Role Politician | |
Born 25 March 1911 ( 1911-03-25 ) | ||
Service/branch Ceylon Defence Force | ||
Major Theodore Frederick "Freddy" Jayewardene was a Ceylonese politician. A former member of the parliament from Colombo south and was a parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Labour. A rural sociologist, he served in the Ceylon Light Infantry, a reservist regiment of the Ceylon Defence Force reaching the rank of Major.
He was the son of Colonel T. G. Jayewardene and Lena Attygalle. His cousin J R Jayewardene became the President of Sri Lanka. Jayewardene married Philis Gunesekera, their daughter Thileka Jayewardene married Cecil Waidyaratne who became a General and Commander of the Sri Lankan Army.
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