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Project Two
DECORATIONS AND MEDALS FOR LONG
SERVICE IN THE VOLUNTEER FORCE of CEYLON
(NOW SRI LANKA)
Orders, Decorations and Medals relating
to Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
from 1795 to the present.
A sample biography |
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Major Ceada F. Fernando MBE |
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He held the appointments of District Officer (22.10.1954), Recruiting Officer (01.05.1957) and Adjutant 2(V) LAA Regt. Ceylon Artillery (10.10.1954) and took part in Anti-illicit Immigration and Anti-Terrorist duties. On 26.02.1968 he retired from the Army with the rank of Major and was transferred to the Reserve. He had been appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) Military Division, on 09.06.1955 and the insignia was presented to him by the Governor General at a ceremony held at the Queen's House in Colombo. His other medals include the War medal and Defence Medal (1939-45), Coronation Medal 1953, EM [Ceylon] with 1st clasp and the Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal. Major Ceada Felix Fernando MBE now resides in Australia. |
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Medals belonging to Maj. Ceada F. Fernando MBE |
The appointment document for the MBE
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