The son of Avraham-Dov and Menucha, Moshe Geberer was born in New York on 29th September 1920. He completed high school and continued his studies at college. During World War II he served in the US Army with the rank of sergeant, defending the northern coastline of the United States, spending two years in the vicinity of Alaska.
He was an active member of the Hashomer Hatzair Zionist movement and for three years he prepared himself for eventual aliyah by working on a farm. In 1943 he joined the Habonim organization and was active in two of their branches: “The Pioneer” (Hechalutz) and “Workers of Zion” (Poalei-Zion) in New York.
Between 1946 – 47 he took part in a Haganah course on how to organize a clandestine intelligence network and took the first opportunity he could to immigrate to Palestine, hoping to put his newly-acquired knowledge of intelligence to good use.
On 24th July 1947 he arrived to Haifa on the “Marine-Carp.” Those who were with him revealed that he disembarked secretly on the beach with the intention of becoming a member of Kibbutz Kfar Blum, the center for all Habonim newcomers. But for family reasons he moved to Jerusalem, where he worked for the Youth Department of the Jewish Agency, writing and translating from Hebrew into English for their English newspaper.
During the winter months of 1948, he did guard duty. When fighting began in Katamon, he joined the Haganah units operating in the southern parts of the city.
On 17th May 1948 he was killed by a sniper’s bullet while on patrol during the capture of the Jerusalem railway station. He was buried at Sheikh Badar “A.” on 10th September 1950 and his body was later re-interred at the Mount Herzl military cemetery.
Source: Translated from the Yizkor website