1. Major General Deshabandu Bertram Russell Heyn was a Sri Lankan general and cricketer.
11 Facts About Bertram Heyn
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Bertram Heyn was a former Commander of the Ceylon Army.
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Bertram Heyn played for the cricket team at Royal College, debuting in 1930 and played in the Royal-Thomian.
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Bertram Heyn played for the Ceylon cricket team and his most famous feat was getting Sir Donald Bradman out on his last appearance in Colombo, in a one-day match between Australia and All-Ceylon on 27 March 1948.
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Bertram Heyn joined the Ceylon Defence Force and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Ceylon Light Infantry in 1940 before its expansion due to World War II.
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Bertram Heyn graduated from the Staff College, Camberley, and the Imperial Defence College.
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Unaware of the coup, Colonel Bertram Heyn was on the list of those to be detained by the troops involved in the coup.
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Colonel Bertram Heyn, who was acting army commander in Major General Udugama's absence abroad, continued until he was confirmed as army commander on 11 November 1966 with the promotion to the rank of brigadier.
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Bertram Heyn was later promoted to the rank of major general and held the post until his retirement on 30 September 1967.
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Bertram Heyn was the President of the Burgher Recreation Club from 1965 to 1976.
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Bertram Heyn married Edna May Johnson, daughter of Harry Johnson and Edith Maria Wood of Staines in Middlesex at the Dutch Reformed Church, Bambalapitiya on 25 October 1941.