Tamir (Shamla), Yaakov (“Kiki”)
Son of Yosef and Rachel. He was born on December 18, 1946 in the city of Bizerte, Tunisia. As a child, the family immigrated to Israel with him and they lived in Tirat Hacarmel. When he reached school age, he studied at the school in Tirat Hacarmel and went to Kiryat Haim to continue his studies at the Revivim School. son of was killed by his father as a result of a work accident and this affected the boy very much, he wanted to continue his studies but the economic situation in the house did not allow him and Yaakov was forced to go to work and wherever he worked was well absorbed among the workers and all his friends loved him. He volunteered for a first aid course at Magen David Adom in Haifa, and most of his spare time was devoted to this holy work, and at the age of 16 he had the desire to enlist in the IDF and when he went to the recruitment office The question of why he was not enlisted was answered because he was too young to do so, but this answer did not deter him from pre-empting his enlistment into the navy, although this step required the signing of And she refused to sign the consent form, but when the son pleaded with her, he successfully passed all the medical examinations and all the difficulties involved in this volunteering – and in August 1964 Yaakov found himself in the Navy. And later served as a sergeant in 1966. In the course of his service he was abroad several times, and at the time of his return he planned to establish a home in Israel and to marry him (a female soldier) But fate did not, because one day, when the submarine was off the coast of Scotland, Jacob was on board and was painting there and then slipped off the deck – the sea; Together with him fell his friend; This was on the 17th of Iyar 5727 (May 27, 1967). The body was pulled from the water and brought to Israel. About three weeks later, on June 19, 1967, Jacob was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Haifa.
