16 INFANTRY DIVISION COMMANDER
Major General W S V Fernando USP ndc IG
INTRODUCTION OF THE AOR
- Geographical Space of 16 Infantry Division spread over 6209 Sq km.
- It’s responsible for Galle, Matara and Ratnapura Districts, under 56 Divisional Secretariats.
- Two Main rivers flow through the AOR namely Gin Ganga and Nilwala River. The AOR is susceptible to disasters like floods, earth slips, and bush fires.
- The population is about 3.2 million.
- Demographically all main races live within the AOR including a considerable population of Tamil and Muslim interspersed with Sinhalese.
FORMER DIVISION COMMANDERS
Maj Gen S W L Daulagala RSP USP
From 30 May 2008 to 03 Sep 2008
Brig A P D E Z Wikramaratne RWP psc
From 03 Sep 2008 to 03 Jul 2009
Brig A W M A W N Ranawana RWP RSP psc
From 03 Jul 2009 to 09 Jun 2010
Brig A Kariyakarawana USP
From 10 Jun 2010 to 13 Jan 2013
Brig D M W W W M R B M Daulagala RSP
From 13 Jan 2013 to 26 Jan 2015
Brig W A Wanniarachchi RWP RSP USP psc
From 28 Jan 2015 to 03 Aug 2015
Maj Gen S H F P Perera RSP ndu
From 05 Aug 2015 to 25 Mar 2017
Brig W G H A S Bandara RWP RSP
From 07 Apr 2017 to 24 Jul 2017
Maj Gen D M S Dissanayake WWV RWP RSP USP ndu
From 10 Aug 2017 to 01 Jun 2018
Brig K D C G J Thilakarathne RWP RSP
From 04 Jun 2018 to 17 Jul 2019
Maj Gen R K B S Ketakumbura RSP
From 17 Jul 2019 to 04 Mar 2020
Maj Gen K H P P Fernando RWP RSP USP ndu
From 05 Mar 2020 to 11 Sep 2020
Maj Gen W A S S Wanasinghe RSP USP ndu
From 15 Sep 2020 to 15 Jan 2021
Maj Gen D G Hewage RSP
From 15 Jan 2021 to 20 dec 2021
Maj Gen D B S N Bothota RWP RSP USP psc
From 21 Dec 2021 to 03 may 2022
Maj Gen W R M M Rathnayake RWP RSP USP ndu
From 05 may 2022 to 11 nov 2022
Maj Gen H M U Herath RWP RSP USP hdmc psc
11 nov 2022 to 08 Aug 22023
Maj Gen R A J N Ranasinghe RSP USP ndc
15 Aug 2023 to 2024.04.15
Maj Gen K H M S wikramaratne RSP
24 Apr 2024 to 08 Oct 2024
Brig K T P De Silva RSP
ndu psc
11 Oct 2025 to 01 jul 2025
