{"id":142587,"date":"2024-09-30T14:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T14:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=142587"},"modified":"2024-09-30T14:52:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T14:52:16","slug":"obituary-bryan-ney-dharmaratne-by-hugh-karunanayake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/obituary-bryan-ney-dharmaratne-by-hugh-karunanayake\/","title":{"rendered":"OBITUARY &#8211; BRYAN  NEY DHARMARATNE &#8211; By Hugh Karunanayake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">OBITUARY &#8211; BRYAN NEY DHARMARATNE &#8211; By Hugh Karunanayake <\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-142589  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/BRYAN-NEY-DHARMARATNE-eLanka.jpg\" alt=\"BRYAN NEY DHARMARATNE eLanka\" width=\"411\" height=\"582\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;\">Bryan Ney Dharmaratne, an\u00a0 illustrious son of Sri Lanka, passed away as quietly as he lived for most of his 92 years. He passed away\u00a0 \u00a0in a nursing home in Sydney on 31 August 2024..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;\">A sportsman with an outstanding school record in both cricket, and rugby in Sri Lanka, ,Bryan\u00a0 resided in Baulkham Hills, Sydney for over 50 years, and subsequently moved to a retirement home together with his wife Jean;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;\">A rare, fifth generation old Royalist, Bryan epitomised\u00a0 the words of the Royal College anthem \u201cSchool where our fathers learnt their\u00a0 way before us\u201d. The recorded line of descent\u00a0 of his family has Ven Dharmarama Therrunnanse as its 19 th century progenitor. In 1818, \u00a0Ven Dharmarama accompanied the outgoing Chief Justice of Ceylon Sir Alexander Johnstone, to England together with another Buddhist monk Ven Siri Gona Muni Ratne. Both monks converted to Christianity during their stay in England. Ven Dharmaratne was baptised as\u00a0 Alexander Dharmaratne.\u00a0 Alexander Dharmaratne continued his education at the Colombo Academy, where his eight sons too received their education. One of the sons George Alexander Dharmaratne, was a \u00a0Barrister at law and one of the first Sinhalese to be admitted as a Barrister. George Alexander\u2019s son\u00a0 named Ney Alexander, also educated at Royal College was a Proctor in Chilaw. Ney\u2019s son Hildan also educated at Royal college, played cricket and soccer for the school. Among his team mates in the school cricket team was JR Jayewardene, former President of Sri Lanka. Hildan kept wickets for the school First Eleven, as did his son Bryan many years later.\u00a0 Hildan and his son Bryan are the only father and son combination to keep wickets for Royal, and indeed is a record. Bryan in addition was in the third successive generation to play cricket for Royal College.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;\">Bryan was also a rugby player for Royal, and was a key member of the Invincibles team of 1951 a photo of which is seen below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-142590 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/BRYAN-NEY-DHARMARATNE.png\" alt=\"BRYAN NEY DHARMARATNE \" width=\"533\" height=\"294\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">(Members of the 1951 \u201c Invincibles\u201d Royal College Rugby team\u201d\u00a0 Standing from left SP Wickremesinghe, Norman Gunewardene, C Balachandran, GC Wickremesinghe,Alan Henricus, SD Gunerane, TLK Mendis, MA Rahiman.\u00a0 Seated W Molegoda (coach) Trevor Anghie, Humphrey Wijeyesighe, JCA Corea {Principal)Devaka Rodrigo, Brian Van Twest, MT Thambapillai(Master I Charge) On ground: Bryan Dharmaratne, the Bradby Shield, Lalith Hewavitarne.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;\">With an excellent sporting record at school, Bryan was an automatic choice for any of the\u00a0 cadetships on offer for appointment to the fledgling armed services of post World War Ceylon. He was among the four selected from the \u201cinvincibles \u201c rugby team of Royal College to be trained as Cadets at Dartmouth prior to enlistment as officers in the Royal Ceylon Navy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;\">\u00a0On leaving the Navy, Bryan worked as an Executive in Mercantile service in Colombo, and then migrated to Australia where the family settled down in \u00a0Baulkham Hills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;\">Bryan was\u00a0 three years my senior at school, so apart from seeing him playing cricket at the Royal Thomian, and at\u00a0 Bradby Shield rugby matches I \u00a0did not know him personally until I migrated to Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;\">It was at the home of our mutual friend Alan Henricus that my late wife Tulsi and I met Bryan and his wife Jean, almost 40 years ago. Our friendship grew over the years, bonded by many sharing of meals at various homes and restaurants. The Dharmaratnes were gracious hosts with a well stocked bar housing\u00a0 a range of the best\u00a0 that Scotland could offer. \u00a0Around 8 years ago Bryan and Jean moved to the Anglican Retirement village in Castle Hill<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;\">\u00a0Bryan was an honourable family man,who lived a quiet and genteel life. He loved company and his game of bridge. He is survived by his dear wife Jean, daughters Jennifer, Jaqueline, and Colleen, and son Nigel\u00a0 and five grandchildren. His brother Fritz having pre deceased him, two brothers Cecil and Mike survive him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #000000;\">REST IN PEACE BRYAN.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211;\u00a0 <strong>HUGH KARUNANAYAKE &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly\u00a0to\u00a0your\u00a0inbox!<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OBITUARY &#8211; BRYAN NEY DHARMARATNE &#8211; By Hugh Karunanayake Bryan Ney Dharmaratne, an\u00a0 illustrious son of Sri Lanka, passed away as quietly as he lived for most of his 92 years. 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