Dudi, Mordechai
Mordechai, son of Solika and Nissim, was born on January 1, 1940 in Casablanca, Morocco, and immigrated to Israel in 1953. In Morocco, he studied for five years at the “Lashon Hatorah” school, and when he immigrated to Israel, he continued his studies, first at Yemin Orde School and later in the village of Juliana. Upon completion of his studies, he was accepted to a youth group in one of the kibbutzim and lived there until he was drafted into the army. Mordechai was very active among his friends, and liked to play sports in particular in boxing. His great physical strength helped him in carrying out various tasks imposed on him in the kibbutz, and he fulfilled them all to the satisfaction of those responsible. Mordechai was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in mid-February 1958 and served as a driver in a military police unit, where his commanders were satisfied with his work and his behavior. He began to work as a driver in the National Insurance Institute and later volunteered to serve for a certain period in the Border Police and the Prison Service, and for a certain period he even worked as a civilian in the Israel Defense Forces. In his reserve service, Mordekhai transferred to the Medical Corps and became a medic, and thanks to his great skill, his commanders often called him for special reserve duty on a permanent basis, and because of his love of the homeland and his recognition of the importance of his work and his job, Mordechai went to reserve duty with satisfaction and joy. Yom Kippur fulfilled its duty with exemplary loyalty and devotion During the War of Attrition, Mordecai was still in active reserve duty as a paramedic on March 28, 1974, when his ambulance was injured on his way to evacuate the wounded during the shelling of the tarmac outpost on Mount Hermon, And Mordechai was killed. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa. He left behind a wife, two sons and two daughters, a father, a stepmother, brothers and sisters. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote that Mordechai “proved a great deal of responsibility and a desire to carry out everything that was imposed on him.
