| Committee Meeting |
| A committee meeting will be held on Saturday, 01st June at 6.30pm. |
| All members are welcome. |
| Venue: 34 Third Street, Parkdale Vic 3195 Melway Ref: 87 7C |
| Please confirm your participation. We need numbers for food. Aruna Herath 0408397004 |
| General Secretary: Tilak Wijewardene. |
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| Rear Admiral Illangakoon |
| Rajans old boy Rear Admiral Illangakone is invited as the chief guest for this year's college aletic meet. Below is about a heroic act performed by Rear Admiral Illangakone in the war front. |
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| Saving troops under siege at Mullativu |
| LTTE takes upper hand in Vanni |
| Although the army managed to save Batticaloa, the situation in the
Northern Province remained extremely dicey, with the LTTE stepping up
attacks on Kokavil, Mankulam, Kilinochchi and Elephant Pass
detachments, which had been inaccessible overland along with the
Mullaitivu detachment since the onset of eelam war II.
It would be pertinent to discuss LTTE attempt to overrun the army
detachment at Mullaitivu in early August. The LTTE would have easily
succeeded if not for a sea borne rescue mission launched by the army.
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| Operation Sea Breeze |
| The then Lieutenant Commander Lakshman Illangakoon, Commanding officer of the SLNS Kandula (Landing Craft Medium) had been tasked with landing troops required for the rescue mission.
Illangakoon, currently navy's eastern commander recalled the
circumstances under which the rescue mission was launched. Having
arrived in Trincomalee to take stock of the situation, Maj. Gen.
Denzil Kobbekaduwa had summoned a meeting at the Plantain Point,
Trincomalee to explore ways and means of launching a rescue mission.
The navy had been represented at the conference by the then eastern
commander Rear Admiral F. N. Q. Wickremaratne and Lieutenant Commander Illangakoon. Dashing Illangakoon was there in his capacity as the Commanding Officer of the Landing Craft. Illangakoon said: "As we had never attempted a large scale sea borne assault under similar conditions, Major General Kobbekaduwa wanted to engage close air reconnaissance of the targeted area before the troops moved in."
Having excused himself from air surveillance mission, Rear Admiral
Wickremaratne instructed Illangakoon to accompany Major General
Kobbekaduwa on the reconnaissance mission. Shortly thereafter they
were airborne from the nearby China Bay airfield. Having flown over
the besieged Mullaitivu base in the afternoon, those conducting the
operation had decided on a spot south of Mullaitivu to land troops.
The army had agreed with Illangakoon's suggestion to carry out a mock landing north of Mullaitivu to facilitate the actual landing at first light. The navy had been seriously concerned about the operation as it lacked any experience in conducting amphibious assault on the Mullaitivu beach.
Illangakoon said: "I felt a mock landing could give us the much required time and space to secure a beachhead. We monitored LTTE units, particularly those equipped with rocket propelled grenades rushing towards the beach when the ship deployed to carry out the mock attack advanced towards the beach. But soon they realised it was nothing but a deceptive maneuver and turned towards the direction of Kandula carrying troops. We were soon being fired upon. On the instructions of the army, navy gunners opened fire, though initially the navy was reluctant. The navy felt that the battle between the raiding party and the LTTE was too close for comfort. But
the army insisted we fired at those resisting the beach landing."
The sea borne troops comprised Special Forces and Sri Lanka Light Infantry (SLLI). The senior officer in charge of the operation was Major General Kobbekaduwa. Some of the country's elite officers and veterans of many battles throughout the war, namely Gamini Hettiarachchi and Jayavi Fernando were on the ground. They were joined by Major General Kobbekaduwa and Janaka Perera. Special Forces and SLLI fought a series of battles before they reached those under siege at Mullaitivu.
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| by Shamindra Ferdinando |
| The Island:15.03.2013 |
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| Battle of the Marrons |
| Dharmaraja - Kingwood Nala Hewawissa memorial cricket match to be held on March 17, 2013. |
| Date: Sunday 17th of March 2013 |
| Time: 10:30am - 4:30pm |
| Venue: L.S. Reid Oval, Doveton VIC |
| Melway ref: 91K 10 |
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| Please contact Chamila: 0433 125 891 or Eranda: 0406 918 155
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| Aruna Herath |
| President - Dharmaraja OBU Melbourne |
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| Committee Meeting |
| A committee meeting will be held on Saturday, 02nd March at 6.30pm to discuss some urgent matters. |
| All members are welcome. |
| Venue: 34 Third Street, Parkdale Vic 3195 Melway Ref: 87 7C |
| Please confirm your participation. We need numbers for food. |
| General Secretary: Tilak Wijewardene. |
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| Are you interested in helping Medical Research |
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| If you are a woman born in Sri Lanka, having a child/ children less than 2 years old who gave birth in Australia, you can help this study. |
| The Jean Hailes Women's Mental Health Group, Monash University are looking for participants for the study on Understanding the needs of women born in Sri Lanka giving birth in Australia.
The aim of the study is to identify the experiences of these mothers during pregnancy, child birth and the period after child birth there by assisting to develop more effective services for these group of mothers in Australia. |
| Help us to help you by completing our survey instrument, over the phone or e-mailed to you. |
| You can choose English OR Sinhala. |
| Confidentiality of the information will be ensured. |
| Please contact: Dr. Irosha Nilaweera at 99030298 or at irosha.nilaweera@monash.edu OR leave a message: Karin Smith 99030291. |
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| ExCom Meeting 2012 |
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| A committee meeting is scheduled to be held on 1st of December 2012. There are few urgent matters to be discussed. All members are welcome. |
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| Place: 34 Third Street, Parkdale Vic 3195 Melway Ref: 87 7C. |
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| New Office Bearers for the year 2012 |
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| President: Mr.Aruna Herath. |
| Vice President: Mr.Shehan Wijewardana. |
| Joint Secretaries: Tilak Wijewardene and Nimal Ekanayake. |
| Treasurer: Saman Kularatne. |
| Assistant Treasurer: Nishantha Samarakoon. |
| Sports Secretary: Janaka Kodituwakku. |
| Special Events: Manju Jayakody, Susantha Jayawickrama, Sasreeka Konara. |
| Public Officer: Romesh Kapukotuwa. |
| General Committee and membership: Muditha Dasanayake, Eranga Kulasekera, Sajith Pasqual, Sampath Dissanayake, Nanda Herath, Gamunu Seneviratne ,Mohan Herath, Rohitha Dissanayake, Ruwan Abeysekera, Dinesh Uduwela, Moditha Sumanasekera, Amal Herath. |
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| Annual General Meeting 2012 |
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| The Annual General Meeting will be held at the Mordialloc Court House on 28th October 2012. All are welcome. Please confim your attendance to Aruna on 0408397004. |
| Lunch provided. BYO. |
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| Time: 10:30AM to 3:00PM |
| Place: Albert Street, Mordialloc - 3195 |
| Melway Ref: 87E12[map] |
| General Secretary: Tilak Wijewardena. |
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| Pirith Ceremony |
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| Dharmaraja college old boys union in Melbourne has organised a Pirith ceremony to commemorate the founder's day and to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the school. |
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| Place: Dandenong Temple |
| Date: 30th June 2012 |
| Time: 7:30pm - 10:00pm |
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| A Pirith Manadapaya (Designed and constructed according to Kandyan Art styles) is constructed by our dedicated team led by Susantha and Manju. It will be donated to the temple. |
| Old boys and their families are kindly requested to attend and please bring other devotees as well. |
| After thePirith ceremony tea and shorteats will be served. People who would like to contribute items for this please contact Aruna (0408397004) or Nimal (0403484870). |
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| The Committee has decided on cash donations instead of usual Pirikara items. |
| Any one who likes to contribute, please contact Aruna (0408397004) or Nimal (0403484870). |
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| Tilak Wijewardene |
| General Secretary. |
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| Rajans in seven wicket win over Kingswood |
| Upananda Jayasundara, Kandy Sports Special Corr. |
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| Dharmaraja College, Kandy recorded a seven wickets victory over Kingswood College, Kandy in their 106th Big Match concluded at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium yesterday. In reply to the total of 216 by Kingswood, Dharmaraja scored 221 for the loss of seven wickets, left-hander Sasith Gunasekara scored 54 with six fours and one six while Nuwan Karunaratne scored 57 with four fours and three sixes. The pair was associated in a partnership of fifty four runs for the fifth wicket. |
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| Left-arm spinner of Dharmaraja Arawinda Withanachchi claimed hundred wickets for the season when he got the wicket of Kingswood skipper Nishita Weerakoon in the second innings. Kingswood College managed to get only 71 runs in their second innings when Rajans paceman Nuwan Karunaratne captured four wickets for only foruteen runs. |
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| Rajans had to score sixty eight runs in 17 overs and they reached the target losing only three wickets. With this win Rajans have recorded 33 wins against 19 by Kingswood in the series. Victorious Rajans team was led by their mainstay in the batting order Viraj Karaputugala. |
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| KINGSWOOD COLLEGE 1ST INNINGS 216 |
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| DHARMARAJA COLLEGE 1ST INNINGS 221 |
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| KINGSWOOD COLLEGE 2ND INNINGS 71 |
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| DHARMARAJA COLLEGE 2ND INNINGS |
| Deneth Lanka | c S.M. Bandara | b Monerawila | 13 | |
| Sasith Gunasekara | Not Out | | 25 | |
| Nuwan Karunaratne | Run Out | | 14 | |
| Lakshan de Silva | c K. Bandara | b Monarawila | 12 | |
| Extras | (lb-2, w-3) | | 05 | |
| Total | (for 3 wkts in 8.3 overs) | | 69 | |
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| DRC OBU oldest old boy Nala Hewawissa passes away |
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| Our oldest old boy of the DRC OBU Melbourne Nala Hewawissa passed away on 08th of August afternoon. The family has requested the OBU to conduct the funeral according to Buddhist rights. The funeral will be held on 11th of August 2011 in Mulgrave at 3:00 pm. The seventh day pinkama will be held on monday the 15th august at keysborough temple at 7:00 pm. For more information contact Tilak or Susantha. |
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| Pirith Ceremony 2011 |
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| Change of Venue |
| Dharmaraja Kingswood - Battle of the Maroons |
| New Venue: Trinity Cricket grounds, Scotchmans Run Reserve, Oakleigh. Mel.Ref: 69 J6 |
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| The Inaugural Meeting of the DRC OBU in Melbourne � December 1990 |
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| The inaugural meeting was held at the Springvale Temple. The chief Incumbent of the Springvale Temple Rev. Gangodavila Soma Thero started the proceedings with a short sermon. |
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| This was initiated by Jayantha Samaraweera who invited the handful of Rajans who were present in Melbourne at that time. |
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| Keerthi Pasquel happened to be in town at the moment and he graciously accepted our invitation to chair the first meeting. |
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| In his speech, he emphasised the role played by Dharmaraja College in our education and our present status of the society. He urged the members to help the old school and at the same time help each other with good fellowship etc. |
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| The first President elect was Tilak Wijewardene and Hon. Secretary was Jayantha Samaraweera. |
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| Above is a remarkable photograph. Some of the members can be identified-Nimal Ekanayake, Thusitha Kulasekera, Palitha Ratnayake,Amal Liyanaarachi, Jayantha Samaraweera, Tilak Wijewardene, Keerthi Pasquel and Rev. Soma Thero. |
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| This photograph will spearhead our celebrations of twenty years of existence as an OBU in Melbourne and the services we have done for the old school and the Sri Lankan Community. |
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