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- Noel_Weerakoon abstract "Major Noel Weerakoon, CA was a Sri Lankan army officer. He was the first officer of the Sri Lanka Army to be killed in action during the 1971 Insurrection.Trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Weerakoon was commissioned into the Ceylon Artillery. He played cricket for Sandhurst and the Ceylon Army. In April 1971, with the onset of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna-led insurrection Ceylon Army mobilized for its first combat operations since its formation in 1949. Captain Weerakoon lead a supply convoy from Vavuniya to Anuradhapura to deliver ammunition to the besieged town. He was wounded when his convoy was ambushed by insurgents. He succumbed to his wounds at the Anuradhapura hospital, becoming the first Sri Lankan army officer to be killed in the line of duty. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of Major. His widowed young wife, Ramya Weerakoon went on to form Ramya Holdings, which became the holding company for many of the manufacturing and export industries she started following the death of her husband.".
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- Noel_Weerakoon wikiPageWikiLink 1971_JVP_Insurrection.
- Noel_Weerakoon wikiPageWikiLink Category:1971_deaths.
- Noel_Weerakoon wikiPageWikiLink Category:Assassinated_Sri_Lankan_people.
- Noel_Weerakoon wikiPageWikiLink Category:Assassinated_military_personnel.
- Noel_Weerakoon wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sri_Lankan_Army_officers.
- Noel_Weerakoon wikiPageWikiLink Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna.
- Noel_Weerakoon wikiPageWikiLink Major.
- Noel_Weerakoon wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst.
- Noel_Weerakoon wikiPageWikiLink Sri_Lanka_Army.
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- Noel_Weerakoon wikiPageWikiLinkText "Noel Weerakoon".
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- Noel_Weerakoon subject Category:1971_deaths.
- Noel_Weerakoon subject Category:Assassinated_Sri_Lankan_people.
- Noel_Weerakoon subject Category:Assassinated_military_personnel.
- Noel_Weerakoon subject Category:Sri_Lankan_Army_officers.
- Noel_Weerakoon hypernym Officer.
- Noel_Weerakoon type Person.
- Noel_Weerakoon comment "Major Noel Weerakoon, CA was a Sri Lankan army officer. He was the first officer of the Sri Lanka Army to be killed in action during the 1971 Insurrection.Trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Weerakoon was commissioned into the Ceylon Artillery. He played cricket for Sandhurst and the Ceylon Army. In April 1971, with the onset of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna-led insurrection Ceylon Army mobilized for its first combat operations since its formation in 1949.".
- Noel_Weerakoon label "Noel Weerakoon".
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- Noel_Weerakoon wasDerivedFrom Noel_Weerakoon?oldid=665073538.
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