Turgeman, Michael
Michael (Micha), son of Ruchama and Shimon, was born in 1941 in Casablanca, Morocco, and immigrated to Israel in 1956. He completed his studies at Yeshivas in Marrakech and France, and at an elementary school in Yavne. After his family immigrated to Israel, Michael was sent to France to attend a yeshiva, but returned to his family after settling in Kiryat Gat for half a year. Until he was drafted into the army, he worked as a laborer in Kiryat Gat. Michael was drafted into the IDF at the beginning of November 1959 and was assigned to the Golani infantry brigade after completing basic training and after being trained in combat medics, he was transferred to the Medical Corps, but remained in his post at Golani After completing his regular service, Michael was assigned to reserve duty as a departmental medic in the Armaments Unit, and was awarded the “Six Day War Medal” in 1967. After his discharge he went to work to help support the family of many people, whose economic situation was especially difficult. Michael worked as a secretary at the religious elementary school in Kiryat Gat, and later worked as a supervisor Saved Corporation “Polgat” town. In recent years he has been independent and worked as a launcher in a pilot test in Lod, in measurements in Tel Aviv and in a construction company in Tel Aviv. Michael’s contacts with his parents, brothers, and sisters were most courageous, and even after he married a wife in 1972, the couple continued to live in Michael’s parents’ home, even though he had his own apartment nearby. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Michael was called to his unit and sent with her as a combat medic to Sinai. On October 18, 1973, during the shelling on the Tse-Fayed axis in the central sector of the Suez Canal, Michael was killed and killed. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. He left behind a wife and son, parents and eight brothers and sisters. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the unit commander wrote: Michael was devoted to the job and his friends at all hours. “The Kiryat Gat local council published a pamphlet entitled” In Memory of Them “in memory of the Kiryat Gat residents who fell in Israel’s wars.
