serviceyears laterwork branch commands death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1949 -- 1981 chancellor of kdu , high commissioner to australia 25px ceylon army , sri lanka army commander staff of the sri lankan army of the sri lankan army , chief of 11 august 2013 gampaha , ceylon sri lanka sri lanka sri lanka engineers vishista seva vibhushanaya , 1971 insurrection , sri lankan civil war 10 october 1930 general denis perera
 denis perera
denis perera

general deshamanya joseph everard denis perera , vsv , fcmi , ndc , psc , sle -lrb- 10 october 1930 -- 11 august 2013 -rrb- 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 .
