Moshe Gidron
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Native name | משה גדרון |
Born | Tel Aviv, Israel | May 25, 1925
Died | November 14, 2009 Israel | (aged 84)
Buried | Ramat HaSharon |
Allegiance | Israel |
Service/ | |
Years of service | 1942–1972; 1974–1976 |
Rank | Aluf |
Battles/wars |
Moshe Gidron (
Biography
Gidron was born in Tel Aviv during the British Mandate of Palestine. At age 17 he joined Palmach as a wireless operator assisting Aliyah Bet ships. After the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, he served as a communications officer in the Yiftach Brigade. He later served as chief communications officer of the Central Command and later in the Southern Command. During 1952–1953 he commanded the military training school for communications.
In 1966 he was made head of the
Gidron returned to army service in April 1974, promoted to the rank of Major General (
Following his discharge Gidron was appointed as Director General of the Ministry of Communications. In 1979 he was appointed as Israel's Consul General to Southwestern United States. Between the years 1988–2002 he was chief comptroller of the Israeli defense system.
Gidron's wife, Tamar, was the daughter of Dov Hoz. The couple had two sons and a daughter. One son, Ilan Gidron, was an IDF armored officer killed in action during the Yom Kippur War.
Gidron died in 2009 at age 84.