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Dadon, Amram (Armond)

Dadon, Amram (Armond)


Son of Isaac and Abraham, was born on August 29, 1943 in Casablanca, Morocco, where he studied in an elementary school in his city, and in 1959 his family moved to Israel. Not long ago, in Morocco, the family had a shoe business and they wanted to continue in the country as well, leaving Maalot and settling in Jaffa, where Amram was drafted into the IDF at the beginning of January 1961, , A combat course and a parachuting course, after he was discharged from regular service, Amram was hired as a ticket officer at Dan, and after one year returned to work with his brother in the manufacture of shoes. 965, he married his girlfriend Rachel, a month after their first son was born, the Six Day War broke out and Amram was called up for reserve duty, this time in the Armored Corps, and Amram was promoted to the rank of First Sergeant, Veteran soldier, professional and disciplined. “During the Yom Kippur War, Amram was among the first to cross the Suez Canal, and Amram loved army life. He would appear in reserve duty with shiny shoes, ironed uniforms and signs of the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur system. His shoe business was expanding, and he opened two shops, one in Jaffa and the other in Bat Yam. His family also grew up, and he had another son and two daughters. Amram was involved in community life and the community of Moroccan immigrants in Bat Yam, and was one of the first to contribute to the establishment of the Moreshet Avot Synagogue of Moroccan Jews. A few days after the outbreak of the Peace for Galilee war, Amram was called up for reserve duty. On the 11th of Sivan, 5762 (11.6.1982), First Sergeant Amram fell in battle when he tried to rescue an IDF force surrounded by the Syrians. Amram was brought for burial in the military cemetery in Holon. He left behind a wife, two sons and two daughters, a paralyzed father, four brothers and a sister.

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