Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1983, i te mea he koroneela ia e mahi ana hei Kaiwhakahaere (Operations), Colombo i te wa o te
I pakaru nga tutu o Hōngongoi Pango i te taone me nga takiwa. I te marama o Hepetema 1983, i riro ia hei Kaihautū, i te Raki o te Raki i te Peninsula o Jaffna. I mate ia i reira i te 19 o Noema 1984, i te wa i pa ai tana jeep ki tetahi maina whenua i te huarahi Vallai-Tellipalai-Araly i Tellippalai, Jaffna. I taua wa ko ia te rangatira nui rawa atu o te ope taua i mate i te raina o te mahi ka whakatairangahia ki te taumata o te Brigadier i muri i tana matenga ka whakaingoatia te Whare whakamaharatanga a Brigadier Ariyapperuma i te puni o te ope Kuruwita i runga i tona ingoa i te Regimental Headquarters o te Gemunu Watch.