History of 38th Battalion – Batticaloa

Inception – 2016 July 09th

BT/BT/ Puthumugathuwaram St. Ignatius Vidyalaya, Kallady, Batticaloa.

No of School – 359
No of Platoons – 63

Participated to Hermonloose – 2017 [1 Platoon]

Commanding Officers
Lt.Col. MWDA. Withanage (2015.07.01 – 2017.05.21)
Lt.Col. JAUJP. Jeyasooriya (2017.05.22 – 2019.03.13)
Lt.Col. MA. Wasantha Kumara (2019.03.14 – up to now)

Adjutants
Capt.KM. Thameem (2016.01.20 – 2019.08.28)
2/Lt. S.Stanley (2019.08.29 – up to now)

Training Officers
Lt. C. Kaandeepan (2015.12.01 – 2020.01.28)
Capt. MSM. Mifrashkan [2020.01.09 – up to now]

Battalion Other Ranks Name
WO I AM. Sisira Palitha RWP.RSP – PSI
Cpl. Vipulakumar. HAS – PSI
Cpl. Thilakarathne ENS – Driver