Denis Perera
| Denis Perera | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 October 1930 Gampaha, Ceylon |
| Died | 11 August 2013 (aged 82) |
| Allegiance |
 Sri Lanka
|
| Service/branch |
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| Years of service | 1949–1981 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | Sri Lanka Engineers |
| Commands held |
Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, Chief of Staff of the Sri Lankan Army |
| Battles/wars |
1971 Insurrection, Sri Lankan Civil War |
| Awards | Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya, |
| Other work |
Chancellor of KDU, High Commissioner to Australia |
General Deshamanya Joseph Everard Denis Perera, VSV, FCMI, ndc, psc, SLE (10 October 1930 – 11 August 2013) was a Sri Lankan general, military engineer and a diplomat who served as Commander of the Sri Lankan Army from 1977 to 1981. He was also the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia, Chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission and the Ceylon Tobacco Company and Chancellor of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University.
Born to Mudaliyar Maurice Perera and his wife Trisette, he was the youngest in the family with an elder sister and was educated at St Peter's College, Colombo. He was married to Ranjini Perera and had three sons: Kavan, Dinesh and Druvi. His eldest son, Kavan Perera, is married to Dushyanthi nee Seneviratne the daughter of General Nalin Seneviratne and they have two daughters, Kamani and Dayani. His second son is married to Shakila Chandratilleke, and they have three sons, like Denis himself, Shanil, Chalana and Meshan. His youngest son, Druvi, is married to Tanojie Samarasinghe and they have two sons Avindra and Shivendra. His grandsons often show keen interest in joining the army themselves.
Joining the newly formed Ceylon army on his 19th birthday, he received his training at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the Ceylon Army. Thereafter served for some time with a unit of the British Army of the Rhine. On his return he was stationed at the Diyatalawa garrison, taking part in the formation of the new engineering unit and later moved to the newly built Panagoda Cantonment in 1953, where the Ceylon Engineers was formed in 1957. In 1957 he attended the Royal School of Military Engineering and 1961 he graduated from the British Army's Staff College, Camberley.
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