Dex, Shmuel (Fritz)

Son of Perl and Abraham, was born on February 25, 1925 in Vienna, the capital of Austria, where he graduated from the elementary school in 1939. In 1939 he was transferred to England at the children’s publishing house, And came to Israel with a group of volunteers from Machal. He was stationed in the second platoon of Company B (comprised of English-speaking volunteers), the 72nd Battalion of the 7th Brigade. He participated in operations in the Galilee and fell in Meron during the Hiram operation for the liberation of the Galilee on the 29th of Tishrei, . He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Rosh Pina.