Shochat, Amiram

Son of Helena and Aaron, one of the first builders of Tel Aviv. Born in Tel Aviv on June 13, 1915. He was educated at the Gymnasium “Herzliya” and was a member of the “Gideon” scout troop, and was known as a studious student who studies his favorite subjects, mainly mathematics and engineering. To study with his father a Talmudic page every week, and in 1927 the family moved to Jerusalem, where the father received work as an engineer, and when Amiram and his older brother Yair joined in to protect the city’s Jews, they served as youth emissaries and helped supply ammunition to the neighborhoods. The family returned to Tel Aviv and in 1931 Amiram graduated with honors from the Gymnasium, where he began attending evening classes at the Montefiore School In 1935 he joined the naval company of HaPoel in Tel Aviv and in time became a guide in boats and boats and specialized in navigation as well. The construction of the Tel Aviv port was Amiram among the three who were assigned to set up a suitable beach and when she arrived at the port of the first ship carrying sacks of cement was used as a “head of a boat.” He continued to work in the port as a mechanic in motor boats, expert. When the Palmach decided to establish the naval unit – the Palyam – Amiram was recruited to its ranks and was one of the first to prepare training material for seamen and navigators and set patterns of instruction. He was also among the organizers of the illegal immigration and naval skills, the ability to command and mastery of the profession succeeded, despite the surveillance of the British fleet, to navigate and bring safely five ships and immigrants to the shores of the country. On May 18, 1941, twenty-three senior sailors from the Palmach embarked on a secret operation aimed at blowing up the oil refineries in Tripoli, Lebanon, which was then under Vichy rule. The sailors sailed in a motorized boat called Ari-Hayam, but the mission was not carried out, and the fighters did not return to their base, and their fate is unknown to this day. “It’s hard to imagine a better unit than that,” wrote Yitzhak Sadeh. Their name has since become the symbol of heroism and the struggle for Israel’s independence. In the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, a monument was erected to commemorate the 23rd of Yordei Hasira and streets in many cities were named after them. An investigation conducted in 2017 found that he was murdered at BROOKWOOD 1939, Rockwood, UK. Score Grave Location Addenda panel Age 25 Rank Volunteer.