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Vernon Abeysekera

Vernon Abeysekera

Sri Lankan civil servant

Vernon Abeysekera was a Sri Lankan civil servant. He was the former Postmaster General, Director of Radio Ceylon and Government Agent.[1]

He was educated at Royal College, Colombo and went to the University College Colombo, then an affiliated University of London. Thereafter he joined the Ceylon Civil Service and went on to serve as Government Agent of Polonnaruwa and Galle. Thereafter he was appointed as Director of Radio Ceylon and thereafter went on to serve five years in the Ceylon High Commission in London. On his return he was appointed as Government Agent of Jaffna. In 1969 he was appointed as Postmaster General and served until his retirement in 1970, after which he moved to Australia.

Bibliography

  • Abeysekera, Vernon (1989). Images of Jaffna : a Government Agent's Recollections. SLAM Publishing Service. ISBN 978-0-7316-5344-7.

References

  1. [1]
    Brohier, Deloraine. "A Gentleman of a Past Era was He". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
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