Golandsky, Shmuel

Son of-Leah and Shimon, was born on March 11, 1926, in Tel Aviv, where he studied at the school for the children of the workers in Hadera and excelled in his childhood with great affection for natural studies. He dreamed of agricultural settlement in Moshav Ovdim but did not get there because he had to work in his parents’ laundry in order to help them in their poor financial situation, and from his youth he was an active member of the Hagana, , And when he was 16 he took part in the transfer of arms and later on bringing the illegal immigrants to Hadera, and on behalf of the Hagana he was sent to Cyprus to train the prisoners there. RE 29/11/1947, the day the UN resolution to partition the country, was a guard at the colony and was also engaged in the distribution of weapons and transfer them to positions. In addition, he was responsible for inspecting the weapons and delivering them to his testimony in Samaria, and when necessary he would transfer arms to the Galilee, and Yehiam arrived with his loaded truck. Even during the period of curfew imposed by the British knew how to transfer the weapon to his certificate. In January 1948, he was appointed to guard the orchards in the vicinity of Hadera, and later in Kfar Yona. He completed a training course for Palmach commanders and participated in sabotage operations in Salameh and Jaffa. After being ordained as a platoon commander, he was trained by the Palmach to be a freshman’s instructor in Daughter of Shlomo, where he also participated in reconnaissance activities and served as a combat commander in the Galilee. In the raid on the village of Tira in the Sharon region, where he was wounded and sent to a hospital, where he was given a vacation for a certain period of time – but he was called back to his battalion On 3 June 1948 he was injured again near Kfar Yona and transferred to Beilinson Hospital on the following day, June 4, 1948.) Shmuel died at the time of surgery, and was brought to eternal rest in the Hadera military cemetery.