Lt. Gen. Denzil Kobbekaduwa & veteran war heroes remembered
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Lt. Gen. Denzil
Kobbekaduwa
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Major General
Wijaya Wimalarathne
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Today is the 20th death anniversary of late Lieutenant General
Denzil Kobbekaduwa, one of the finest War Heroes in our contemporary history.
Lieutenant General Denzil Kobbekaduwa along with several other military leaders
made the supreme sacrifice when LTTE terrorists activated a blast against their
vehicle on 8th August 1992.
Lieutenant General Denzil Kobbekaduwa whose leadership and
command brought about many victories to Sri Lanka Army during early battles of
the Eelam wars fell silent on 8th August 1992 along with fellow-military
veterans, Major General Wijaya Wimalarathne, Rear Admiral Mohan Jayamaha,
Lieutenant Colonel H.R Stephen, Lieutenant Colonel G. H. Ariyarathne, Lieutenant
Colonel Y N Palipana, Commander Asanga Lankathilaka, Lieutenant Colonel Nalin de
Alwis, Lieutenant Commander C. B. Wijepura and the soldier Private W J
Wickremasinghe while they were on a military assignment in Araly Point in Kayts,
Jaffna.
Lt Gen Denzil Kobbekaduwa, an old Trinitian, joined the Sri
Lanka Army on 25th May 1960. After the basic military training at the Army
Training centre, he left for Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, UK for further
training and was commissioned to the Sri Lanka Armoured Corps as a Second
Lieutenant on 03rd August 1962.
The nation will never forget the services of these great heroes.
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Rear Admiral Mohan
Jayamaha
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Lt Colonel YN
Palipana
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Lt Colonel HR Stephen
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Lt Colonel GH
Ariyarathne
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Lt Commander CB
Wijepura
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Lt Commander Asanga
Lankathilaka
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Major Nalin de
Alwis
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Private WJ
Wickremasinghe
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