Beit-Halevi, Avraham-Bezalel
Son of Pnina and Israel David. He was born on Lag B’Omer in 1913 in Kalisz, Poland. When he was three years old, he asked his parents to attach him to the Hebrew studies of his older brothers, and within a short time he was fluent. When the family immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1920, he was only six and a half years old, and was the only child among the immigrant children to speak Hebrew. He served as an interpreter for the British Army, and in the years 1936-1939 he participated in many activities against the Arab gangs, and in 1939 was discharged as an interpreter to accompany the Maccabi team that toured Australia. After the tour, Avraham Bezalel stayed in Australia to train local groups and to study in the commercial and accounting sciences. At the outbreak of World War II he stopped his studies and volunteered for the Australian Army. He took part in many battles, was injured and returned after his recovery to the Pacific front, where, on the 25th of Tevet 5704 (January 21, 1944), he fell in one of the battles in New Guinea. He was 31 when he died. He was laid to rest in New Guinea. He left his parents and a sister.