Aliyah Bet & Machal Virtual Museum
North American Volunteers In Israel's War of Independence
Machal, Canada, Alphabetical*
Legend:
† Christian
# Killed in Action
£ Served in other Branches
¥ Served in both Aliyah Bet & Machal
| Name | Hometown | State | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abrams, Joe | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Abramson, Joe | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| £ Alterson, Morris | Yorkton | Sask. | Army, Navy |
| Anger, Stanley | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Bagelman, Harry | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Baltman, William "Bill" | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Beckwith [Beck], Morris | Ottawa | Ont. | Air Force |
| Belkin, Jack | Calgary | Alb. | Army |
| Benn, Jacob | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Berger, Jack | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Beube, Sidney | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| † # Beurling, Geo F. "Buzz" | Verdun | Que. | Air Force |
| Binder, Sam | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| ¥ Blank, Jack | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| † Bradshaw, William "Blacky" | Dundas | Ont. | Air Force |
| Braverman, Immanuel | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| † Brodigan, Charles | Vancouver | B.C. | Air Force |
| £ Brown, Allan | Toronto | Ont. | Army, Navy |
| Brown, Max | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Cadloff, Syd | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Calman, Mike | Vancouver | B.C. | Army |
| Camerman, Sam | Vancouver | B.C. | Air Force |
| Cameron, Rudolph "Tiny" | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| # Canter, Wilfred | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Caplan, Alexander | Montreal | Que. | Air Force |
| Cappell, Murray | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Chapnick, Allan | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| Chetner, Sydney | Calgary | Alb. | Army |
| Chinsky, Eddie | Windsor | Ont. | Air Force |
| Cohen, Aaron | Kamsack | Sas. | Air Force |
| Cohen, Bob | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| # Cohen, Harvey | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Cohen, Meyer | Montreal | Que. | Air Force |
| Cohen, Sam | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Cooper, Morry | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Cossman, Howard | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Covent, Perry | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Dankevy, Morris | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Danovich, Moe | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Danovitch, Abe | Montreal | Que. | Air Force |
| Dinkin, Harry | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Dlin, Norman | Edmonton | Alb. | Army |
| † Doyle, John "Jack" | London | Ont. | Air Force |
| Druker, Lionel | Sydney | N.S. | Army |
| Drutz, David | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Dunkelman, Ben | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Dworkin, Alec | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Edelstein, Stephen | Pembroke | Ont. | Air Force |
| Eisen, Robert | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Epstein, Alex | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Epstein, Morris | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| † Etchells, David | Hamilton | Ont. | Air Force |
| Fagen, Sam | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Fine, Len | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| # Fisher, William | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force |
| † # Fitchett, Leonard | Vancouver | B.C. | Air Force |
| Floom, Harold | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force |
| Forster, Sam | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Fox, Jack | Winnipeg | Man. | Kibbutz |
| Fox, Leonard | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Freedman, Jack | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| £ Freedman, Max | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force, Army |
| Freedman, Nathan | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force |
| Freeman, Lionel | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Freeman, Solomon | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Garbovitsky, Morley | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force |
| Garfin, Ansel | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Gelmon, Alvin D. | Vancouver | B.C. | Army |
| Gerstl, Joe | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Gertzbein, David | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| ¥ Ginsberg, Murray | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Gold, Irving Mark | Vancouver | B.C. | Army |
| Gold, Jack | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Goldberg, Arthur | Vancouver | B.C. | Army |
| Goldberg, Samuel | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force |
| Goldstein, Jack | Montreal | Que. | Air Force |
| Goldstep, Myer | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| Good, Philip M. | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Goodman, Harvey | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Goodman, Henry Hank | Calgary | Alb. | Army |
| Gordon, Machen | Preston | Ont. | Air Force |
| Gordon, Sam | Vancouver | B.C. | Air Force |
| Gorin, Reuben | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force |
| £ Gross, Gerry Joseph | Montreal | Que. | Army, Navy |
| Halperin, Sidney | St. Catherine | Ont. | Army |
| Hambourg, Irving | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Heaps, Leo | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Horne, Salk | Army | ||
| Hurtig, Jack | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force |
| Hyman, Len | Regina | Sask. | Navy |
| Jacobs, Sol | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Jacobson, Sydney M. | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| Joffe, Yale | Vancouver | B.C. | Air Force |
| Jolson, George | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| Kahane, Bernard | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| † Kane, James | Windsor | Ont. | Air Force |
| Kaplansky, Dave | Montreal | Que. | Air Force |
| £ Kaplansky, Irving | Montreal | Que. | Army, Navy |
| ¥ Kaplansky, Yedidia "Eddy" | Montreal | Que. | Air Force |
| Kare, Moshe "Morley" | Winnipeg | Man. | Army, Medical Corps |
| Kastner, Meyer | Montreal | Que. | Air Force |
| Kates, Harold | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Katz, Jack | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| ¥ Katz, Moshe | Montreal | Que. | Navy |
| Katz, Percy | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Kessiloff, Edward | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| Kettner, Frank | Calgary | Alb. | Air Force |
| Kipness, Arnold | Calgary | Alb. | Army |
| Klein, Hyman | Vegreville | Alb. | Army |
| ¥ Kogan, Bernard | Montreal | Que. | Navy |
| Kopstein, Jack | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| Kushner, David "Art" | Vancouver | B.C. | Air Force |
| Langer, Albert | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Lashinsky, Arthur "Lash" | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Laurie, Louis | Quebec | Que. | Army |
| Leff, Norman Arthur "Alter" | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| # Leisure, Sidney | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Leith, Nathan | Edmonton | Alb. | Air Force |
| Lenett, Harold N. | Vancouver | B.C. | Army |
| Leventhal, Philip | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Levin, Ernest Max | Windsor | Ont. | Army |
| Levine, Abraham | Whitby | Ont. | Army |
| Levitan, Elkan | Montreal | Que. | Air Force |
| Lewis, Julius | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Liberson, Albert | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force |
| Lipschitz [Lipton], Edward | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Lobe, Morris | Trail | B.C. | Army |
| # Lugech, Ed | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Macillin, Joe | Winnipeg | Man. | Navy |
| £ Maltin, Manny | Vancouver | B.C. | Army, Navy |
| Manolson, Will | Calgary | Alb. | Air Force |
| Margolese, Robert | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| Margolis, Reuben | Army | ||
| Matlow, Irving L. | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| † McElroy, John F. | Vancouver | B.C. | Air Force |
| † McGunigal, Jim | Vancouver | B.C. | Air Force |
| Merovihtz [Mervin], Harry | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force |
| Merson, Leonard | Montreal | Que. | Air Force |
| Meyerowitz [Meyers], Hank | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| Meyers, Joseph | Winnipeg | Man. | Navy |
| Miller, Stanley | Calgary | Alb. | Army |
| Morris, Samuel | Vancouver | B.C. | Air Force |
| # Moster, Ralph | Vancouver | B.C. | Air Force |
| £ Naturman, Meyer | Montreal | Que. | Air Force |
| † Nelson, Edward | Windsor | Ont. | Air Force |
| Newfield, Frank | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Novick, William | Montreal | Que. | Air Force |
| ¥ £ Ocopnick, Ben | Toronto | Ont. | Army, AF, Navy |
| Olfman, Jacob "Jack" | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force |
| Olfman, Mitchell Moses | Kamsack | Sask. | Army |
| Orloff, Harold | Vancouver | B.C. | Air Force |
| Ostrovsky [Osten], Sydney | Edmonton | Alb. | Air Force |
| Panar, David | Edmonton | Alb. | Air Force |
| Parness, Victor | Montreal | Que. | Navy |
| † Pears, James | Hamilton | Ont. | Air Force |
| Perry, Norman | Toronto | Ont. | Navy |
| Pierce, Morris | Kingston | Ont. | Army |
| Potter, Manly | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| Poskanzer, Aliza | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force |
| Pressman, Julius | Ottawa | Ont. | Army |
| Prussick, Sam | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Quitt, Gordon | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| £ Reiter, Walter | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Robinson, Max | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| Rosen, Al | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Rosen, David | Vancouver | B.C. | Army |
| £ Rosenberg, Gerald S. | Toronto | Ont. | Army, Navy |
| £ Ross, Benjamin "Barry" | Calgary | Alb. | Army, Air Force |
| ¥ Rostoker, Ben | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Roth, Eddie M. | Toronto | Ont. | Medical Corps |
| # Rubinoff, Sidney | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Rudin, Raymon | Edmonton | Alb. | Army |
| Ruvinsky, Aaron "Art" | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force |
| Sacksner, Lionel | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| # ¥ Schiff, Reuben "Red" | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Schwartz, Morris "Mo" | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Segal, Hy | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Shanas, Leibel "Ed" | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| Shnitke [Shaw], Sam | Calgary | Alb. | Air Force |
| Sidorsky, David | Calgary | Alb. | Army |
| Siegel, Avrom V. | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Siegel, Joseph | Glace Bay | N.S. | Air Force |
| £ Silver, Melvin | Calgary | Alb. | Army, Air Force |
| † Sinclair, Geo Leslie "Lee" | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force |
| Singer, Samuel | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| Sirulnikoff [Sirlin], Harvey | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| Slutsky, Jack | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Smith, Harry | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Smith, Jack | St. Georges | Que. | Army |
| Smith, Jack | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force |
| Sokolow, Moshe | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Solsberg, Albert | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Spector, Israel | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| £ Spiegel, Albert | Toronto | Ont. | Army, Air Force |
| † Spink, Thomas | Vancouver | B.C. | Air Force |
| Steinberg [Halamish], Joe | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| Steinberg, Otto | Montreal | Que. | Air Force |
| † # Stevenson, Fred | Vancouver | B.C. | Air Force |
| Stitz, Frank | Portage La Prairie | Man. | Navy |
| Stitz, Oscar "Al" | Montreal | Que. | Air Force |
| Sturrey, Ben "Red" | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force |
| Sures, Lawrence | Winnipeg | Man. | Army |
| Sussman, Joe | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| † Sutton, Bernard "Terry" | Vancouver | B.C. | Air Force |
| Swartz, Morris | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Talksy, Joe | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Tate, Daniel | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Troube, Avraham "Al" | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| Tunis, Joe | Vegreville | Alb. | Army |
| † Wadman, Charles "Bill" | Calgary | Alb. | Air Force |
| Waldman, Leonard | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Waldman, Maurice H. | Assiniboia | Sask. | Army |
| Warner, Joseph | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Wasser, Samuel | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| Weiner, Herky | Army | ||
| Weiner, Joseph | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Weinstein, Manny | Montreal | Que. | Army |
| Weinzweig, Avrum Israel | Toronto | Ont. | Army |
| † Wilson, Clifford "Denny" | Hamilton | Ont. | Air Force |
| ¥ Witenoff, Julius [Yehuda] | Montreal | Que. | Air Force |
| £ Wohl, David | Edmonton | Alb. | Army, Air Force |
| Wolfson, Bessie [Lam, Batya] | Toronto | Ont. | Air Force |
| £ Wosk, Saul | Vancouver | B.C. | Army, Air Force |
| Wright, David Isadore | Hamilton | Ont. | Air Force |
| † Wygle, Brien | Vancouver | B.C. | Air Force |
| Yurman, Shlomo | Winnipeg | Man. | Air Force |
| Ziev [Sivkin], Nachum | Montreal | Que. | Air Force |
* If viewers of this Virtual Museum see errors or omissions that they can correct, such as misspelled names, missing names, or missing hometowns, editors of the Virtual Museum will appreciate being informed. For various reasons, including the great passage of time, it has been difficult to compile complete, accurate lists of veterans. Corrections and additions can be transmitted to israelvets-director@jou.ufl.edu
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