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and pushing the LTTE to the jungles of Wanni with significant loss of men and martial. G.H. de Silva had concerns about capturing the Jaffna peninsula without a land route to supply the large number of troops needed to defend it. This was later proven when the
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failed to open the land route the army needed. He retired on 30 April 1996 being promoted to full general and was succeeded by
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in 1987. From 1988 to 1989 he served as the
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and Etta Anna Bianca de Silva, he had five siblings. Educated at
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a year later. In 1971, Captain de Silva was deployed in
680:"11.11.97 SLA commander predicts easy victory – again"
658:"Gerry de Silva remembers army's most humiliating day"
602:"Counter Insurgency Operations - Wellawaya April 1971"
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Obituaries, DE SILVA ETTA ANNA BIANCA (nee Cramer)
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631:"The 1st. Battalion of the Gemunu Watch"
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437:Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal
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995:National Defence College, India alumni
433:Sri Lanka Army 25th Anniversary Medal
221:officer. He is the 5th Chancellor of
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449:Vadamarachchi Operation Medal
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290:. He was commissioned as a
274:Gerry de Silva, joined the
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425:Uttama Seva Padakkama
401:Operation Jayasikurui
386:Commander of the Army
296:Ceylon Sinha Regiment
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182:Uttama Seva Padakkama
108:Years of service
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278:on 6 May 1960 as a
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