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BERKOVITZ (BERKOWITZ), Israel Morris
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy40
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- Date of Birth
- September 08, 1886
- Date of Death
- July 9, 1916
- Place of Burial
- Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Cemetery
- Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
- Age at Time of Death
- 29
- Enlistment No.
- 163534
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- 1st Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
- Notes
- Private Israel Berkovitz of Toronto, Ontario, was believed to have been killed in action. Before going overseas, he was employed as a conductor by the Toronto Subway Railway. He was born in London, England. Private Israel Berkovitz was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. (Sources: British Jewry Book of Honour WWI by Rabbi Dr. H. Abramowitz, Senior Chaplain to the British Forces; Veterans Affairs Canada web site)
- Subjects
- World War I
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
FREEDMAN, Israel
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy139
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- October 23, 1923
- Date of Death
- July 05, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 21
- Enlistment No.
- H-20969
- Rank
- Rifleman
- Unit
- Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
- Notes
- Rifleman Israel Freedman, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was officially reported killed in action in France on July 5, 1944. He was buried in the Canadian Military Cemetery at Beny-sur-Mer, France, beside Rifleman Yude Brownstone of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. Rifleman Freedman enlisted in November 1941 with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada and went overseas in June 1942. He was killed in the fighting near Caen. In a letter of condolence to Mrs. Freedman, Company Quartermaster Sergeant B. Rosen, wrote: “Izzy, like other Jewish boys, had something more to fight for, a greater cause, and please console yourself with these few words. We over here are all ready to give our lives that others may live! It is a duty not only to King and Country, but to the Jewish people the world over.” Rifleman Freedman was born in Minsk, Russia. There is a Star of David on his tombstone. See CJCNA photo.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
FRIEDMAN, Israel Joseph
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy142
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Death
- October 28, 1918
- Place of Burial
- Nord, France
- Cemetery
- Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension
- Age at Time of Death
- 29
- Enlistment No.
- 3208156
- Rank
- Sapper
- Unit
- Canadian Railway Troops
- Notes
- Israel Joseph Friedman was born in Russia and lived in Medicine Hat, Alberta. He joined the Canadian Railway Troops and was killed in action on October 28, 1918, at age 29. Officer Friedman took an officers’ training course in Calgary in 1914. His grave was discovered in the French village of Romeries in a Commonwealth war graves cemetery. He was buried with military honours.
- Subjects
- World War I
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Documents
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PAVELOW, Israel
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy365
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Death
- June 9, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Calvados, France
- Age at Time of Death
- 31
- Enlistment No.
- L/27431
- Rank
- Corporal
- Unit
- Regina Rifle Regiment, R.C.I.C.
- Notes
- Corporal Israel Pavelow of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was killed in action in France. He served under the name Ervin Povol.
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
PERVIN, Tim Israel
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/genealogy368
- Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Material Type
- textual record
- graphic material
- Date of Birth
- 1914
- Date of Death
- September 22, 1944
- Place of Burial
- Gelderland, Netherlands
- Cemetery
- Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
- Age at Time of Death
- 30
- Enlistment No.
- J-35944
- Rank
- Flying Officer
- Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Notes
- Flying Officer Tim Pervin of Montreal, Quebec, was reported killed in action overseas. He was the sole occupant of a plane hit by anti-aircraft fire over Eindoven on September 22, 1944, during a rocket projectile and cannon attack on enemy objectives. Flying Officer Pervin joined the Royal Montreal Regiment early in 1940 and transferred to the R.C.A.F. in 1941. He went through his elementary training at Windsor Mills, Quebec, and was later stationed at Victoriaville. He received his wings at St. Hubert on April 8, 1942, and his commission in October 1943. At the end of the same year he went overseas, where he was attached to the No. 181 Typhoon Squadron. There is a Star of David on his gravestone. (See Veterans Affairs Canada web site)
- Subjects
- World War II
- Record Source
- Canadian Jewish Military Casualties
- Fonds No.
- CJC0001
- Archival / Genealogical
- Genealogy Records
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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