WORLD MACHAL - Volunteers from overseas in the Israel Defense Forces

Henri Fernovik

The son of Joseph and Esther, Henri Fernovik  was born in 1928.

As a member of Machal he arrived from Paris in May 1948 to participate in Israel’s War of Independence.

He served in the Bet Horon battalion of the Etzioni (Jerusalem) Brigade.  

Henri Fernovik fell on 20th October 1948 on the road to Jerusalem and was buried at Sheikh Bader.

His body was re-interred at the Mount Herzl military cemetery on 30th August 1950.

Source:    Translated from the Yizkor website by Joe Woolf.