Son of Chaim and Regina, Aharon Mizrachi was born in Paris, France on 21st February, 1931. He grew up in Strasbourg, where he completed elementary school .
At the beginning of World War II, the family succeeded in moving to Spain, and he continued his education at the French school in Barcelona.
When the war ended, he returned to Paris with his brother, and resumed his studies. He began to work as an office clerk.
When he heard about Israel’s War of Independence, he left his brother and his employment and came to Israel as a Machal volunteer.
He served in the Givati Brigade and fell on 17th October 1948, when he was hit in the thigh and chest, fighting the Egyptians.
The next day he was laid to rest in the Kfar Warburg Cemetery.
Source: Translated from the Yizkor website by Joe Woolf.