Ben-Joya, Yosef

Yosef, Ben Salomon and Sarah son of-Joya was born in 1931 in Alexandria, Egypt. He immigrated to Israel with his family in 1950. At first he worked as a guard at the aliyah gate and was later transferred to the Haifa Prison Service. In April 1952, Yosef joined the paratroopers. He was killed in the course of his duty on 8 Elul, 19 August 1953. He was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Haifa, and his memory was mentioned in Uri Milstein’s book “Wars of the Paratroopers.”