Moshe, son of Esther and David, was born in Morocco in 1958. In 1958, when he was about ten years old, he immigrated to Israel with his family, where he studied for two years at the Agadir elementary school in his hometown. The “Abir Ya’akov” elementary school in Yavneh, and later went on to study at the agricultural high school “Aynot.” Moshe’s childhood began two times: first he grew up and was educated in a foreign country and a foreign culture. He quickly acclimated to the new society in Israel, overcame the difficulties the new language offered him and began acquiring friends among his contemporaries. He loved to be with him and enjoyed spending many hours with him, and from an early age Moshe loved the nature, the fields and the work involved in cultivating them.In the years he was a member of the Gadna club in his city, Country. During his many tours, in the south and the north, he learned to love the country and especially fell in love with the landscape of the agricultural areas. No wonder he chose his studies to prepare him for his future as a farmer. In the agricultural school he was one of the activists in his class, and he spoke frequently about the values of settlement. Before completing his studies, Moshe was one of the founders of the Nachal group, which was to fulfill the ideals he dreamed of: Moshe was drafted into the IDF at the end of September 1967, three months after the end of the Six-Day War, and without hesitation volunteered for the paratroopers. After standing well in the basic basic training, he was given a parachuting course and was officially included among the red berets. But he did not stop there. After a while he continued his training and completed a course for squad commanders with great success. In particular he excelled as a machine gunner, using a machine-gun. At the same time, he married his girlfriend Joan, and they both decided to set up their home in Kibbutz Tzora in the outskirts of Jerusalem, and during the Yom Kippur War Moshe took part in the difficult battles in the Sinai, as a machine gunner. His younger brother, Michael, also fought on October 17, 1973, when his force, which was in the process of conquering the Seraphum, encountered enemy fire from short range and its soldiers jumped from the half-track to take cover. Moshe remained alone and returned fire with his machine gun. At the command of the sergeant, who was among the soldiers, he also descended from the half-track to take cover, but when he saw the fire continue, he left the shelter without an order, jumped back on the half-track and continued to fire until he was hit and fell. His brother Michael was killed three days before him. Moshe was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Tzora. Survived by a wife and son – Gilad, parents, brothers and sisters. After his fall, he was promoted to the rank of First Sergeant and awarded the “Medal of Honor”, which is the text of the medal: “Sergeant Moshe Son of-Nun served as a machine gun in the half-track that was moving toward the Seraphum. The sergeant, who was among the soldiers who took shelter, called on Moshe son of-Nun to join them, And he did. When he saw that the fire was continuing, he left the shelter without an order, jumped back on the half-track and continued to return fire – until he was hit and fell, thereby helping to rescue his comrades and showing courage, courage and dedication.
