Susantha Mendis
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Susantha Mendis | |
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Born | 1950 |
Died | 11 September 1998 (aged 47–48) Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
Allegiance | Sri Lanka |
Service/ | Sri Lankan Army |
Years of service | 1970-1998 † |
Rank | Major General (posthumous) |
Unit | Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment |
Commands held | 51-2 Brigade |
Battles/wars | 1971 Insurrection Insurrection 1987-89 Sri Lankan Civil War |
Awards | Uttama Seva Padakkama Desha Putra Sammanaya |
Alma mater | St. Sylvester's College |
Major General B.B. Susantha Mendis, USP (1950 – 11 September 1998) was a senior Sri Lanka Army officer, who was the former Commanding Officer of 51-2 Brigade based in Jaffna.[1]
Early life and education[]
Mendis was educated at St Sylvester's College, Kandy.
Military career[]
He joined the Sri Lanka Army as an officer cadet and received his basic officer training at the Army Training Centre, Diyatalawa. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Sinha Regiment. During his career he held many positions within the army including that of Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, Sri Lanka Singh Regiment. Brigadier Mendis was Commanding Officer of 51-2 Brigade attached to the .
Death[]
On 11 September 1998, he attended a meeting at the office of the Mayor of Jaffna to discuss traffic arrangements in the town of Jaffna. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) detonated a bomb in the office killing 12 persons including Brigadier Mendis, Mayor Pon Sivapalan, SSP , Captain Ramanayaka, the Brigadier's Principal Staff Officer (PSO) and four police officers. Also killed were S Pathamanathan, Commissioner for Rehabilitation of the Jaffna Municipality and Architect Mallika Rajaratnam. Brigadier Mendis was posthumously promoted to the rank of Major General.
External links[]
References[]
- THE DRIFT IN JAFFNA: THE URGENCY OF A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT & THE IMPORTANCE OF LARRY WIJERATNE'S LEGACY., THE UNIVERSITY TEACHERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, JAFFNA (UTHR(Jaffna)) Sri Lanka
- Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1998 Asia Overview
- Tigers send a deadly message, By Sudha Ramachandran
- The LTTE and suicide terrorism[usurped!]
- The Larry Wijeratne That I Knew
- 1950 births
- 1998 deaths
- Sri Lankan major generals
- Sinhalese military personnel
- Assassinated military personnel
- Assassinated Sri Lankan people
- Terrorist incidents in Sri Lanka in 1998
- Suicide bombings in Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka Military Academy graduates
- People killed during the Sri Lankan Civil War