Former Army Commander Lionel Balagalle passes away

Posted by Editor on October 26, 2023 – 12:37 pm

Former Commander of Sri Lanka Military and Chief of Defence Workers Normal (Rtd) Lionel Balagalle. (Photograph credit score: SENA VIDANAGAMA / AFP through Getty Pictures)

Former Commander of Sri Lanka Military and Chief of Defence Workers Normal (Rtd) Lionel Balagalle, has handed away on the age of 75 whereas being handled on the Colombo Military Hospital Narahenpita for a short sickness.

He took workplace because the sixteenth Military Commander of Sri Lanka throughout 2000 – 2004. He additionally served because the Chief of the Defence Workers (CDS).

Balagalle was appointed to the exalted navy rank of the Chief of Defence Workers because the Head for Tri-Forces in October 2003. It was the primary time a serving commander was made a Chief for Armed Forces in Sri Lanka.

He enlisted within the Military as an Officer Cadet in 1965 and was commissioned in 1967 as a second Lieutenant and posted to the 4th Regiment, Sri Lanka Artillery.

His stays are mendacity at No. 21/12 Samanala Street, Kotelawala, Kaduwela. Funeral preparations are to be notified later.