Shmuel Admon

Shmuel Admon was born in 1914 in Russian Empire

Shmuel Admon, born Rapoport, was born in Russia in 1914 to Esther and Shlomo Rapoport. In 1922 he moved to the Land of Israel with his family. He studied at the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium.

He joined an agricultural training group and settled in Kibbutz Alonim. There he held management and security roles and was a member of the Hashomrim association.

He served in the Haganah and the Notrim, and in World War II he joined the British Army in an anti-aircraft battery and later the Jewish Brigade. He left the British Army in 1946 as a lieutenant. In the War of Independence he became the first commander of the Artillery Corps, and in 1949 he became chief of staff of Northern Command.

After his release he returned to Alonim and co-founded the Alum aluminum hardware plant, which he managed. In 1965 he became director general of Koor's Kiryat HaPlada company. He resigned and left in early 1968 after Koor did not back his reforms.

He collected matchboxes. His wife Rivka died in July 1972, and he died in December 1972. He was buried in Alonim and left a daughter and two sons.