 Aluwihare died on 22 December 1976 at the age of eighty one.He married Lucille née Moonemalle on 18 October 1920, they had two daughters Phyllis Sita, who married Jayampathy Charitha Ratwatte II and Ena (1922 – 2015), who married his assistant Osmund de Silva.De Silva succeeded his father-in-law as Inspector General of Police.