Daya W. K. Sandagiri was the 14th
Commander of the
Sri Lanka Navy
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. Admiral Sandagiri was born in Veyangoda and had his education at St. Mary's Maha Vidyalaya, Veyangoda and
Kegalu Vidyalaya
Kegalu Vidyalaya () is a boys' school in Kegalle, Sri Lanka. It was founded on 14 February 1942 and is a Government national school, providing primary and secondary education through 13 grades. It is the largest boys' School in Kegalle.
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, Kegalle. He enlisted in the then
Royal Ceylon Navy
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on 14 November 1966 and was in the first batch of
naval cadet
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s to join the
Naval and Maritime Academy at
Trincomalee
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on 1 July 1969. He was commissioned into the Executive Branch of the navy as a
sub-lieutenant on 1 July 1972.
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He was promoted to Commander of the Navy and served for four years and eight months in the position. Upon his retirement he was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff with the rank of admiral on 1 September 2005.][
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Sri Lankan admirals
Sinhalese military personnel
Commanders of the Navy (Sri Lanka)
1946 births
Living people
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