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| name = Henry Perera<br />
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[[Admiral]] '''Alfred William Henry Perera''', [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya|VSV]], [[National Defence College, India|ndc]], [[Psc (British Army)|psc]], [[Sri Lanka Navy|SLN]] (1930-2009) was the [[Commander of the Navy (Sri Lanka)|Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy]] from 1979 to 1983. He also served as the Sri Lankan [[High Commissioner]] to [[Kenya]].<br />
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==Naval career==<br />
Educated at [[St. Peter's College, Colombo]], Perera joined the [[Royal Ceylon Navy]] on July 1951 as a direct entry [[Sub Lieutenant]] to the executive branch and received his training at the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]]. Having completed his training at Greenwich in 1953, he specialized in [[Naval artillery|gunnery]] on board [[HMS Excellent|HMS ''Excellent'']] in 1954. In 1962, promoted to [[Lieutenant Commander]], he served as a member of the [[United Nations Security Force in West New Guinea]]. He attended [[Defence Services Staff College]], [[Wellington Cantonment|Wellington]] in 1964. In 1970, he was promoted to the rank of [[Commander]]. During the [[1971 JVP Insurrection]], the RCyN deployed its officers and sailors for shore duty conducting counter insurgency operations in several districts. Commander Perera was appointed military coordinating officer of the [[Polonnaruwa District]]. In 1973, he was promoted to the rank of [[Captain]] and attended [[National Defence College, India|National Defence College]], [[New Delhi]] in 1976. During his career he held several commands at sea and on shore including Naval Officer in Charge, [[Trincomalee]] and Chief of Naval Staff. A passionate rugby player, served as the Chairman of the Naval Sports Board as well as the Chairman Defence Services Sports Board.<ref name="DN1">{{cite news |last1=Weerasena |first1=M.A. |title=3rd Month Remembrance Admiral A.W.H. Perera VSV |url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2010/02/19/fea42.asp |accessdate=17 April 2020 |work=Daily News}}</ref> <br />
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Promoted to the rank of [[Rear Admiral]], he was appointed Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy on 1 June 1979 succeeding [[Basil Gunasekara]]. With the on set of the [[Sri Lankan Civil War]], he continued the modernization and expansion of the navy. He initiated the development of the locally built [[Jayasagara-class patrol craft|Jayasagara-class]] [[Offshore patrol vessel|offshore patrol vessels]] for the navy. He retired from the navy on 31 May 1983 and was promoted to the rank of [[Vice Admiral]]. He was succeeded by [[Asoka de Silva (Admiral)|Asoka de Silva]].<ref name=Past>{{cite web|title=Past Commanders|url=http://www.navy.lk/past-commanders.html|publisher=navy.lk|accessdate=17 September 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902032132/http://www.navy.lk/past-commanders.html|archivedate=2 September 2022}}</ref> <br />
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During his long career in the navy, he received the [[Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya]], [[Republic of Sri Lanka Armed Services Medal]], [[Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal]], [[Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal]], [[President's Inauguration Medal]] and the Sri Lanka Navy 25th Anniversary Medal. In 2007 he was promoted to the rank of [[Admiral]] along with 9 other former service commanders.<ref name="promo">[http://sundaytimes.lk/071111/News/news00022.html Former service chiefs promoted]</ref><br />
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==Later life==<br />
Following his retirement, he was appointed as the Commissioner General of Essential Services and there after was appointed Sri Lanka High Commissioner to Kenya in which capacity he served for four years. He lived at his home in Pagoda Road, Nugegoda until he passed away after a brief illness on 14 November 2009. His funeral was held at the Borella General Cemetery with full military honours.<ref name="DN1"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Admiral Perera passes away |url=https://www.nation.lk/2009/11/15/news8.htm |accessdate=17 April 2020 |publisher=The Nation}}</ref><br />
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==Family==<br />
He was married to Daphne and they had a daughter Sharma and a son Arjuna.{{Cn|date=July 2021}}<br />
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