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Hunter</b> (born 1917) was a Sri Lankan naval officer, who served as the 7th <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Navy_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Commander of the Navy (Sri Lanka)">Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Naval_career">Naval career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._V._Hunter&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Naval career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ceylon_Naval_Volunteer_Force">Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._V._Hunter&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hunter enlisted in the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Naval_Volunteer_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force">Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force</a> (CNVF) as a signalman/gunner in the first intake of sailor on 21 October 1938.<sup id="cite_ref-Past_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Past-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Petty_officer" title="Petty officer">petty officer</a> in 1941 and was commissioned as a probationary <a href="/wiki/Sub_lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Sub lieutenant">sub lieutenant</a> in 1942 and was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">lieutenant</a> in 1944. The CNVF was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, with the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in the far east. Hunter served in all ships of the CNVF and commanded the MFV 185 as it sallied to <a href="/wiki/Akyab" class="mw-redirect" title="Akyab">Akyab</a> taking part in the <a href="/wiki/Burma_campaign" title="Burma campaign">Burma campaign</a> from 1944 to 1945. Reverting to his substantive rank at demobilization after the war, he was seconded to the Fisheries Department in 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-Past_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Past-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Ceylon_Navy">Royal Ceylon Navy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._V._Hunter&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Royal Ceylon Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Ceylon_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Ceylon Navy">Royal Ceylon Navy</a> in 1950, after the Navy Act was passed, Hunter transferred to a regular commission. In 1953, he attended several courses on Seaward Defense, Boom Defense and Salvage in the United Kingdom and was promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander" title="Lieutenant commander">lieutenant commander</a>. In 1960 he was promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Commander" title="Commander">commander</a> and <a href="/wiki/Captain" title="Captain">captain</a> in 1965, undergoing training in pilot-age in Madras in 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-Past_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Past-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1965, he was appointed commanding officer of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Volunteer_Naval_Force" title="Sri Lanka Volunteer Naval Force">Volunteer Naval Force</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Captain_of_the_Navy">Captain of the Navy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._V._Hunter&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Captain of the Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hunter was promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Commodore_(rank)" title="Commodore (rank)">commodore</a> and was appointed <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Navy_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Commander of the Navy (Sri Lanka)">Captain of the Navy</a> on 2 July 1970 succeeding <a href="/wiki/Rajan_Kadiragamar" title="Rajan Kadiragamar">Rajan Kadiragamar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hunters tenor as head of the navy saw major changes and challengers. In April 1971, the <a href="/wiki/1971_JVP_insurrection" title="1971 JVP insurrection">JVP insurrection</a> started catching the Ceylonese armed forces off-guard and unprepared. Naval personnel were deployed for shore duty for the defense of key state infrastructure and for counter-insurgency operations in-land. In 1972, Ceylon became a republic and the Royal Ceylon Navy became the Sri Lanka Navy, with changes in its insignia and names, including the post of Captain of the Navy, which became the Commander of the Navy in line with the other armed services. Hunter retired from the navy on 31 March 1973 and was promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral">rear admiral</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Basil_Gunasekara" title="Basil Gunasekara">Basil Gunasekara</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Past_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Past-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._V._Hunter&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Admiral Hunter had been awarded the <a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%931945_Star" title="1939–1945 Star">1939–1945 Star</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Burma_Star" title="Burma Star">Burma Star</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Defence_Medal_(United_Kingdom)" title="Defence Medal (United Kingdom)">Defense Medal</a> and the <a href="/wiki/War_Medal_1939%E2%80%931945" title="War Medal 1939–1945">War Medal 1939–1945</a> for war service with the <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Royal_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve" title="Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve">Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve</a> and for service in the Royal Ceylon Navy he received the <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Armed_Services_Long_Service_Medal" title="Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal">Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Armed_Services_Inauguration_Medal" title="Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal">Ceylon Armed Services Inauguration Medal</a>. </p> <div style="text-align: center;"> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ribbon_-_1939-45_Star.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Ribbon_-_1939-45_Star.png/110px-Ribbon_-_1939-45_Star.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Ribbon_-_1939-45_Star.png/165px-Ribbon_-_1939-45_Star.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Ribbon_-_1939-45_Star.png/220px-Ribbon_-_1939-45_Star.png 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="98" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ribbon_-_Burma_Star.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Ribbon_-_Burma_Star.png/110px-Ribbon_-_Burma_Star.png" decoding="async" 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