Doniger, Ehud (Howard)

Ehud, son of Ruth and David, was born on April 19, 1953 in Manchester, England, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1956. In Israel, he studied at the elementary school at Kibbutz Neveh Yam and at the agricultural school in Kfar Galim. He was a diligent student and loved to study. Since he was cheerful, optimistic and always ready to help others, he was easily liked by his teachers and classmates. He was disciplined and excelled in dedication and responsibility in carrying out all the tasks assigned to him in the agricultural school. son of was devoted to his parents, taking care of his family, honest and conscientious. He was a sports fan, liked to swim, and used to travel around the country with members of the Moshavim movement. He was handsome and had blond hair. Ehud was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in early August 1971. After completing basic training and after completing his course in tank-training and tank gun training, he was sent to serve in an armored corps unit in the south of the country. As a liaison officer of a tank battalion, and he demanded that his commanders join him in the fighting and volunteered to serve as a tank driver, despite his role, and fought with his unit in the difficult battles in the Sinai on October 16, 1973, Near the “Lexicon” junction, was hit by shelling and killed. He was laid to rest in the cemetery in Moshav Habonim. After his fall, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel and awarded the Medal of Honor for his courage, resourcefulness and devotion, which marked his work in battle. Description of the act: Second Lieutenant Ehud Doniger served as liaison officer of a tank battalion. With the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, he demanded that his commanders join the fighting forces. Second Lieutenant Ehud Doniger volunteered to serve as a tank driver, despite his position and rank as an officer, until his fall in battle. In his pamphlet, published by the cooperative moshavim and published by the Moshav Movement, his friend wrote: “Ehud had all the data and all the chances for success in life. He had a serious and responsible attitude to the things he was given, a comfortable mood, a willingness to help others, and a sense of perception and practicality. All these stood in the short way of life he had managed to pass. The cruelty of fate that struck him and omissions all his established hopes, his family, his agriculture and all his friends and friends. “