Zbar, David

Son of Misha and Reina. He was born on May 4, 1943 in Ottawa, Canada, and immigrated to Israel in 1970. From childhood David received a Jewish-religious education, attended a Jewish primary school and a Jewish high school in Canada, And his first visit to Israel in 1967. He volunteered to serve as an interpreter for Americans who volunteered to help in various places in Israel After returning to Canada for four months, David returned to Canada and in 1968 returned to Canada He returned to Canada in August 1970. He returned to Israel in August 1970 and took a special course with El Al and was employed in a senior position In the 1970’s David married Naomi, whom he met in Israel, and a year later his first daughter, Michal, was born in 1973. David was drafted into the IDF, In January 1972 and was assigned to the Engineering Corps. After basic training and after completing various professional courses, he was assigned to reserve duty in the Engineering Corps unit in the Golan Heights. He took part in the difficult battles in the Yom Kippur War and continued to serve in the reserves for several months after the end of the war. From time to time he was called to reserve duty in his unit. David was loved by his commanders and appreciated as a dedicated and responsible soldier. On Thursday, 21 October 1974, David fell in reserve duty in the Golan Heights in an active reserve duty, was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Netanya and left behind a wife and two daughters, parents and brother. Cpl.