33rd death anniversary of Major General Vijaya Wimalaratne
Posted on August 17th, 2025

Courtesy The Daily Mirror

The Sri Lanka Army commemorated the 33rd death anniversary of Major General Vijaya Wimalaratne with a wreath-laying ceremony at his statue in Kiribathgoda on August 8, 2025. The event was led by the Commander, Security Forces Headquarters (West) and Colonel of the Gajaba Regiment, Major General U. K. D. D. P. Udugama, and was attended by family members, senior officers, and troops of the Gajaba Regiment. Major General Wimalaratne was the Commander of the Jaffna Security Forces when he was killed in a landmine explosion on 08-Aug-1992 at Point Araly, Kayts Island. 

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