Avi, Shlomo

Shlomo, son of Rachel and Abraham, was born on February 21, 1945, in Alexandria, Egypt, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1950. He studied at the elementary school in the Kurdi neighborhood, Shlomo and his family, who came to Israel from Egypt, encountered difficulties in absorption, as is the case with new immigrants who arrived in a new country, despite the fact that Shlomo was able to acclimatize easily with his contemporaries. And his attitude toward them was serious and mature, and his teachers and mentors looked forward to great success, for he had a strong will and ability to persevere and persevere after graduating from school He worked as a metalworker at the Hartz factory in Haifa and began his career as a trainee, but thanks to his great success in his work and his excellent professional ability, he was drafted into the IDF in early February 1963 and assigned to the Armored Corps. After completing basic training, he was trained as a tank crew member and later completed a tank commander course. After that, he served in an armored corps unit and carried out all the tasks assigned to him. At the end of July 1965, Shlomo was released from regular service and assigned to a reserve unit of the Armored Corps. In this unit he was called for periods of reserve duty and together he fought in the battles of the Six-Day War and the War of Attrition. After his discharge, he returned to work at the “Herut” factory and was highly regarded for his professional skills, ability and initiative. He made a living with dignity and later married Ricky and together with him established his home in Haifa. Over the years his daughters Limor and Arna were born. He loved his family and devoted all his spare time to caring for her. During the Yom Kippur War, Sgt. Shlomo participated in the battle against the Egyptians on the Sinai front. In a battle that took place on the 18th of Tishrei 5734 (14.10.1973), Shlomo was killed and killed and brought to rest in the Haifa cemetery, leaving behind a wife and two daughters, parents and sister. The bereaved, the unit commander wrote: “He was deeply aware of the mission, which was to arrest the Egyptian enemy in order to preserve the integrity of our homes and families. The late Sgt. Shlomo was a model warrior in the difficult battle and thanks to him, and thanks to our fallen comrades, we have defiled the Egyptian enemy. “