[citation needed] At school, he excelled in both studies, sports alike and was a Queen's Scout.

His wife was Brigadier Indira Wijeratne of the Sri Lanka Army Legal Branch[1][2] and he was the father of two sons, Bhagya[3] and Dulanjaya.

[citation needed] After leaving school he joined the army as an officer cadet and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Sri Lanka Artillery.

Brigadier Larry Wijeratne was appointed as commanding officer of 51-4 Brigade at Vadamarachchi in Jaffna in 1997.

On the last day of his duty assignment he was killed by an LTTE suicide bomber[4] at Velvetiturai in Jaffna on 14 May 1998, when he attended a Jaffna traders' felicitation lunch just before leaving on transfer as deputy commandant of the Kotelawela Defence Academy.