{"id":5299,"date":"2020-09-09T13:12:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T13:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=5299"},"modified":"2021-05-09T05:06:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T05:06:15","slug":"grabie-abraham","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/grabie-abraham\/","title":{"rendered":"Grabie, Abraham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Aircraftman 1st Class, 53 R.S.U.
Service number 774626
Died 24 Apr 1941
Commemorated on Alamein Memorial
Age 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abraham was born in 1918 in Warsaw, Poland, to a wealthy family. His father was Eliezer a Polish freedom fighter in World War I. After graduating from school Abraham travelled to Jerusalem in December 1936 to study at the Mizrachi Teachers’ Seminary. However, a few months later, he stopped his studies in order to work as a plumber. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In\u00a0May 1940 he\u00a0volunteered for the Royal Air Force and served in Egypt and Greece. Abraham died from wounds sustained during ground action in the fall of Crete. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n