Jayantha de S. Jayaratne
Jayantha de S. Jayaratne | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance | Sri Lanka |
| Service/ | Sri Lankan Army |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit | Sri Lanka Artillery |
| Commands held | Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Jaffna (SF HQ (J)) |
| Battles/wars | Sri Lankan Civil War Insurrection 1987-89 |
| Awards | Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya |
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. He was the first to become qualified as an Instructor in Gunnery.[1]
Major General Jayaratne was a graduate of the National Defence College, India. He was awarded the Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya (VSV) in 1987 and died in 1988.[2]
References
- ^ "Major General Gratian Silva VSV-(1933 -2015)". asiantribune.com. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ Sarath Munasinghe, A Soldier's Version (2000), p. 60