Eliyahu, son of Dana and Yitzhak Elias (Son of-Nun), was born in 1912 in Tangier and when he was two years old he immigrated with his family to Eretz Israel. On the 18th of Tevet (25.12.1942) Eliyahu fell in the line of duty and was brought to eternal rest in the Mount of Olives cemetery. He left a wife and daughter, parents and three sisters.