Bajean, Eliyahu (Eliko)

Son of Perla (Pnina) and Yehoshua. He was born in 1921 in Alexandria, Egypt, where he lived happily ever after, but when Eliyahu was eight years old, his parents died and the children were treated by their grandmother, who gave them love and devotion. When he was thirteen years old when he met his uncle, his father’s brother, who had come to visit Eretz Israel, and the boy was fascinated by his ears and went to the Land of Israel where he was received by his uncles and assisted in his absorption. With a sense of national duty and a desire to contribute for the common good, he also volunteered to serve as a guard He was stationed at a guard post and was a guard at night and worked during the day, while maintaining contact with his brother and sister who had remained in Egypt, praising the country, describing its landscapes and describing its development and advancement in various areas. He was not only unable to respond to the pleas, but he also called on them to come and immigrate to Israel and contribute to its building, and later he planned to travel to Egypt on the occasion of his younger brother’s bar mitzvah, but did not have time to do so. On February 21, 1939, he was called to leave for guard duty. On that rainy and rainy evening with his friend at the guard post and Arab rioters, they fired at them with a burst of gunfire and a wound. As he was bleeding, Eliyahu crawled to the headquarters to call for help to his injured friend. On March 1, 1939, Elijah died of his wounds and was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery on the Mount of Olives, where he laid down a sister and a brother, and his activities were published in the Davar and Ha’aretz newspapers and in the booklet “Sefer Hayishuv.” Was commemorated in the Yizkor book of the Jabotinsky Institute.