A UNIQUE & HISTORIC OCCASION

Three Prodigious Pannipitiya Dharmapalians as Service Commanders of the Army, of the Navy & of the Air Force of Sri Lanka, had the rare honour of laying wreaths together at the War Memorial at the Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo on 11th November 1997.

General Rohan De Silva Daluwatte WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, ndc, psc, M.Sc. ( DS ) The Commander of the Sri Lanka Army 01st May 1996 to 15th November 1998

Rear Admiral D K Dassanayake USP, ndc, psc, M. Sc. ( DS ), M. Sc. ( MS ), P Gr Dip ( International Affairs ) The Acting Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy 09th November 1997 to 10th December 1997

Air Chief Marshal Oliver Matthew Ranasinghe RWP, VSV, USP, ndc, psc, M. Sc. ( DS ) The Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force 17th February 1994 to 06th March 1998

Report / Photo courtesy Prasad Amarasekera