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To educate and train members to serve the public in practice of First Aid, Nursing, Primary Health Care, Disaster Preparedness and Management, Environmental Health, Occupational Health and Safety and to engage in Youth Development and Leadership training and other allied or ancillary subjects.
To prepare, publish and distribute textbooks and other training aids to facilitate such instruction and the organization of examinations and tests for the purpose of issuing certificates of proficiency in such subjects.
To organize, educate and equip men, women and young persons to undertake, on a voluntary basis, either as individuals or as organised groups, First Aid, Nursing and allied activities including community care, in the street, public places, hospitals, homes, places of work, sites of disaster or elsewhere as occasion may require for the relief, transport, comfort or welfare of those in need.
To afford opportunities for holders of approved First Aid Certificates to meet together for training and practice under-qualified members of the Medical and Nursing professions with the object of combining individual efforts in the service of the public.
Issue of special Certificates, Souvenirs, Medals, etc. with the approval of Commissioner and Commander for the appreciation of special services rendered by the members and for any special subjects/Course conducted by the Brigade.
To provide trained personnel to give assistance to central and local Government Departments and to the Armed Forces at times of emergency in peace or war, specifically in Sri Lanka.
To instruct males and females in First Aid, Nursing and other subjects conducive to the education of good citizens.
To provide ambulance transport and medical comforts and organize transport by ambulance.
To provide ancillary services to the aged (both male and female) and the handicapped.
The Capture of Jerusalem by the Christians forces of the Crusade, The Wounded were treated in the Hospital in the Jerusalem which was run by Monks under the leadership of the Blessed Gerard.
The Blessed Gerard acquired the Monastery of St John an old Greek Church and founded the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. The present day order is a descendent of the Order of the Hospital of St John, A Religious Order founded in Palestine.
The order of St John Includes. (Library and Museum) Land in England were first given the Order of St John in the early 12th century The Headquarters of the Order was established in the Priory of Clerkenwell, just north of the city of London. Grand Prior Thomas Docwra enlarged and beautified the Prior of Clerkenwell, including the south entrance known as the St John Gate. This part of the Priory still stands and now houses, the Library and Museum of the Order which contains many interesting relics of Order in the Holy Land, Rhodes and Malta as well as in this Country. The collection includes Pictures, Furniture, Silver coins, Books and Manuscripts and a St John Ambulance collection.
Key dates
Foundation Of The St John Ambulance Association.
The growth of the First Aid movement increased following the invaluable work of Florence Nightingale’s nursing service in the Crimean War and later with the establishment of the Red Cross under the Geneva Convention of 1864. It occurred to certain members of the Order of The St John (notably Sir Edmund Lechmere and Sir John Furley) that the only way of obtaining effective Ambulance and Nursing Services in Wartime was to provide facilities for training and practice in peacetime. Hence, The foundation of the St John Ambulance Association.
The British Order of St John was firmly established with the Foundation of the St John Ambulance.
The Foundation of the St John Ambulance Brigade
The St John Ambulance Brigade was established at the request of many people who held First Aid certificates of the Association and who wished to form themselves into a recognized body ready to be of assistance in case of sudden illness or accident.
The incorporation of the Order by Royal Charter granted by H.M.Queen Victoriya thereby acquiring an independent legal status. “The Grand Prior of Most Venerable Order of the Hospital”. Now officially shortened to the Order of St John. Within the grand Priory. There are autonomous Priories in Scotland, Wales, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. There are St John Councils in 38 Countries throughout the World.
The Capture of Jerusalem by the Christians forces of the Crusade, The Wounded were treated in the Hospital in the Jerusalem which was run by Monks under the leadership of the Blessed Gerard.
The Blessed Gerard acquired the Monastery of St John an old Greek Church and founded the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. The present day order is a descendent of the Order of the Hospital of St John, A Religious Order founded in Palestine.
The order of St John Includes. (Library and Museum) Land in England were first given the Order of St John in the early 12th century The Headquarters of the Order was established in the Priory of Clerkenwell, just north of the city of London. Grand Prior Thomas Docwra enlarged and beautified the Prior of Clerkenwell, including the south entrance known as the St John Gate. This part of the Priory still stands and now houses, the Library and Museum of the Order which contains many interesting relics of Order in the Holy Land, Rhodes and Malta as well as in this Country. The collection includes Pictures, Furniture, Silver coins, Books and Manuscripts and a St John Ambulance collection.
Key dates
Foundation Of The St John Ambulance Association.
The growth of the First Aid movement increased following the invaluable work of Florence Nightingale’s nursing service in the Crimean War and later with the establishment of the Red Cross under the Geneva Convention of 1864. It occurred to certain members of the Order of The St John (notably Sir Edmund Lechmere and Sir John Furley) that the only way of obtaining effective Ambulance and Nursing Services in Wartime was to provide facilities for training and practice in peacetime. Hence, The foundation of the St John Ambulance Association.
The British Order of St John was firmly established with the Foundation of the St John Ambulance.
The Foundation of the St John Ambulance Brigade
The St John Ambulance Brigade was established at the request of many people who held First Aid certificates of the Association and who wished to form themselves into a recognized body ready to be of assistance in case of sudden illness or accident.
The incorporation of the Order by Royal Charter granted by H.M.Queen Victoriya thereby acquiring an independent legal status. “The Grand Prior of Most Venerable Order of the Hospital”. Now officially shortened to the Order of St John. Within the grand Priory. There are autonomous Priories in Scotland, Wales, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. There are St John Councils in 38 Countries throughout the World.
Name | Service Period |
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Mr. Mellory E. Wijesinghe | 1987 - 1988 |
Chief Justice Hon. N. Sansoni | 1989 - 1992 |
Mr. B.A. Perera | 1989 - 1994 |
Mr. Dunstan De Alwis | 1994 - 1998 |
Mr. Moksevi R. Prelis | 1999 - 2006 |
Mr. E.N. Rajah Sinnathuray | 2007 - 2011 |
Dr. Palitha Randeniya | 2012 - 2013 |
Dr. D.W. Weerasooriya | 2014 |
Dr. Palitha Abeykoon | 2015 - 2016 |
Dr. Sarath M. Samarage | 2017 - 2022 |
Mr. Shakya Nanayakkara | Since 2022 |
Name | Service Period |
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Mr. G.A. Piyadasa | 1991 - 1993 |
Brig. Dr. H.I.K. Fernando | 1994 - 1998 |
Dr. J.G. Jayatillake | 1999 - 2007 |
Gen. Hamilton Wanasinghe | 2008 |
Dr. D.W. Weerasooriya | 2009 - 2011 |
Dr. Palitha Abeykoon | 2012 - 2014 |
Dr. Sarath M. Samarage | 2015 - 2016 |
Mr. Prasantha Lal De Alwis | Since 2017 |
Name | Service Period |
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Brig. C.P. Jayawardana | 1956 - 1964 |
Col. D.N. Rockwood | 1965 - 1970 |
Prof. Melroy Paul | 1971 - 1973 |
Col. D.N. Jilla | 1974 - 1976 |
Mr. W.F.Abaykoon - ASSN BR | 1976 - 1983 |
Dr. F. Oswin Fernando - BGD BR | 1977 - 1990 |
Mr. G.A. Piyadasa | 1991 - 1993 |
Dr. J.G. Jayatillake | 1994 - 1998 |
Dr. Palitha Randeniya | 1999 - 2002 |
Mr. Eric Perera | 2003 |
Maj. Gen. Dr. K.D.P. Perera | 2004 - 2006 |
Dr. D.W. Weerasooriya | 2007 - 2008 |
Mr. Prasantha Lal De Alwis | 2009 - 2014 |
Mr. K.H. Jayaweera | 2015 - 2017 |
Dr. J.M. Nilam | Since 2018 |
The St John Ambulance Association and Brigade in Sri Lanka is a government-approved charity vide gazette No. 193 of 05.12.1975