Jayantha de S. Jayaratne
Sri Lankan general
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| Intro | Sri Lankan general | ||||||
| Places | Sri Lanka | ||||||
| is | Military officer Military personnel | ||||||
| Work field | Military | ||||||
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| Death | 1988 | ||||||
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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.
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.