Biton, Moshe
Moshe, son of Rachel and Yehuda, was born on May 1, 1947 in Casablanca, Morocco, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1964. Moshe was drafted into the IDF in mid-January 1967 and assigned to the Artillery Corps after completing his basic training course. After being released from regular service, he was assigned to reserve duty in a mortar battalion and with him participated in the Six-Day War. After a while, a field battalion of the IAF was assigned to a battalion of 160 mm mortars and served as a heavy mortar crew. His daughter Natalie was born about a year after his marriage to Miriam. The Yom Kippur War broke out before she was three months old. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Moshe was called to his unit and participated in battles in the Sinai. Natalie will not recognize her father. On the 20th of Tishrei 5734 (October 20, 1973), during the last days of the war, while Moshe served as a 160 mm mortars near the “Chinese farm” on the eastern side of the Suez Canal, an explosion occurred in his mortar and Moshe was hit and killed. “He was courageous and fought heroically and coldly until he fell.” He left behind him a wife and daughter, parents, six sisters, and a brother who had been raised to the rank of sergeant.
