Oron (Auerbach), Ben-Yeruham

Ben-Yeruham, son of Hannah and Shlomo, was born on 11.8.1937 in Tel Aviv and studied at the elementary school and high school in Na’an and the Ruppin Midrasha, where Yeruham was known by his friends and family to work and study. Yeruham played his flute in Naan and the Kibbutz Orchestra, and he played in performances, festivals, and special events, and Na’an remembers his thrilling and exciting performance at the ceremony were Yeruham and his colleagues were accepted as members of the economy. Yeruham was drafted into the IDF in November 1955 and served in the infantry to the armor. At first he was assigned to the Givati Brigade and participated in the Kadesh system, in battles in Rafiah and Gaza, and after the war he completed a course for reconnaissance officers and participated in the border incidents in the north in 1957. After he was discharged from regular service, Yerucham returned to the kibbutz where he held responsible positions. The water industry, in which he worked and specialized, and was one of the managers of the industrial factory of Na’an, he invested all his talents in the factory, contributed to his improvement and prosperity, and built many with his own hands. He devoted himself to his wife and children, to his parents, brother, and sisters, and so was his attitude to the members of the kibbutz, who was always willing to help. In the Six-Day War he was the commander of the reconnaissance unit, which led the armored forces to Abu Rudas, and Yeruham was an excellent officer, and he was meticulous in his devotion to the people. During the Yom Kippur War, Yeruham was the commander of a jeep reconnaissance unit, which moved as a pioneer in front of a tank brigade in the Sinai, fought in the northern sector, Paratroopers, who stepped up reinforcements in a tough battle. On October 10, 1973, Yeruham was injured and was killed in the shelling at the junction near the Beluse camp. He was brought to rest in the cemetery in Naan. He left behind a wife, two sons and a daughter. After his fall, he was promoted to captain. Words in memory of Yeruham were published in the booklet “The First Walkers” of the Brigade in which he fought, and in the booklet “In Memory of Six Sons” published by Kibbutz Naan Laor in memory of the fallen soldiers