Person    | Female  Born 18/2/1956  Died 26/12/2004

June T. Abeyratne

Categories: Tragedy

Countries: Sri Lanka

June T. Dobedoe was born on 18 February 1956, the second of the three children of Roland Ivor Dobedoe (1927-2001) and Margaret Mary Dobedoe née Buckley (1926-2004). Her birth was registered in in the 1st quarter of 1956 in Dartford registration district, Kent. Her sisters were Mary Patricia Dobedoe (1954-1995) and Margaret Elizabeth Dobedoe (1957-1986).

She married Viraj P. Abeyratne in August 1984 in the Kingston upon Thames registration district and they had a daughter, Alexandra Shameela Abeyratne, whose birth was registered in July 1993 in the Kingston upon Thames registration district.

Electoral registers from 2003 show both her and husband listed at 'Janderlyn', Forest Drive, Kingswood, Tadworth, KT20 6LQ.

Our picture source and the BBC News website gives details of how she met her death, aged 48 years, on 26 December 2004.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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