Aminof, Meir

Meir, son of Mazal and Yosef, was born on 28.2.1937 in Tel Aviv and was named after Meir Dizengoff, the first mayor of Tel Aviv, in recognition of his help to the family to immigrate to Israel. He studied at the “Tachkemoni” elementary school in Tel Aviv, and then went on to study at the Max Payne vocational school in Tel Aviv, with a specialization in automotive mechanics. After graduating from elementary school, he worked as an apprentice in car mechanics at the Carasso garage and in the evening he attended a vocational school. In his youth he was a member of the Scouts movement, loved the country and its landscapes and often went on trips with his family and friends. Meir was drafted into the IDF at the end of January 1955 and was assigned to the Ordnance Corps, where he served as an electrician in the armored corps in Eilat, where he spent most of his regular service and was very proud of it. “Kadesh” fought in the northern sector of Sinai. His discharge certificate indicated that he was “a good and disciplined soldier with a good profession and dedicated to his work. According to his comrades in arms, Meir was a very quiet guy, did not talk much and never complained about the difficulties or the discrimination. He was very kind to his staff, loved to help others, and did his job well. After completing his regular service, Meir was appointed to reserve duty as an electrician in the Armored Corps and served in this battalion until his last day. Since he loved cars, he took a course for an electrician, got a certificate from a master and started working in his profession. Over the years he worked as an electrician in the car garage “Carasso”, and garage “Vauxhall” and recently in the garage “Egged”. He did his work quietly and devotedly and was admired by his employers and his colleagues. Meir also participated in the 1967 war and was awarded the “Six Day War Medal” and was later promoted to the rank of corporal. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Meir was summoned to service and sent with his unit to the front in Sinai. He went through all the horrors of the War of Containment and Breakout and took part in the fierce battles against the Egyptians. Meir was killed during his service in the Fayed area on the West Bank of the Suez Canal on December 5, 1973. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, leaving behind a wife, daughter and son, parents, three brothers and two sisters.