Commandant of the First Battalion of the Dolomite Detachment of the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Slovenia. Severely injured in a battle with the Italians, Germans, and White Guard in the Belca Gorge on 19 March 1943. Committed suicide to evade capture. Sources: Petelin, Stanko. 1988. Dolničar, Vladimir – Rudi. In Marjan Javornik (ed.), Enciklopedija Slovenije, vol 2, p. 303. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage