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Mayo, Abraham

Mayo, Abraham


Avraham, born in Fortuna and David, was born on February 27, 1950, in Jaffa, where he spent his childhood in Brazil, where he studied at an elementary school, and then attended a professional school for one year, He worked for two and a half years as a clerk in San Paolo, and in 1969 his family returned to Israel and settled in Upper Nazareth, where he worked in the Beit Shean textile factory in Nazareth Illit. The infantry. After basic training and after completing a driving course, his profession was determined as a heavy truck driver and he was transferred to the supply force and assigned to a transport base. Later he took a Hebrew course and a trailer driving course and was later transferred to another transport base. His discharge certificate indicated that he was a good and disciplined soldier and fulfilled his duties to the satisfaction of the commanders. After completing his regular service, Avraham was assigned to reserve duty in the Artillery Corps, as a driver in a heavy heavy mortar battalion. According to his commander, in the short time he served in the heavy mortar battalion, Avraham managed to acquire the friendship of his commanders and friends. After the liberation he began to work in the Abir factory. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Avraham was called to his unit and took part in the braking battles against the Syrians on the Golan Heights. On October 13, 1973, Avraham was injured and the vehicle he evacuated was hit in the shelling near Mazra’at Beit-Jan, and Avraham was hit again and killed. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Netanya. Survived by his parents and two brothers. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal.

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