12th September 2020 16:12:45 Hours
The 1st Battalion Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps held a gracious ceremony to celebrate its 41st anniversary which was falls on 1st September 2020. Series of celebration events were started with the billet inspection of other ranker’s accomadation area, religious observances which conducted at Bellanwila Raja Maha Viharaya invoking blessing on the corps and expecting the remembrance the war heroine who paid supreme sacrifice while protecting our mother Nation. The Commanding Officer D C N Bombuwala SLAWC was honoured with a splendid parade as per the military formalities. Moreover, Celebration has followed with the tree planting event steered by the Commanding Officer and all rank tea party. Thereafter, New Canteen has declared open by the Major General C M D P Chandrasekara ndu, the Colonel Commandant, of Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps with the presence of Brigadier R M J B Rathnayake RSP, Centre Commandant of Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps in order to enhance the facilities of trainees who are undergoing the training at training school, Kaluaggala. Ultimately, all ranks dinner followed by a mock tail has been marking the termination of the corps day celebrations.