Moshe Gorban, father of Chief of Staff, Gen. Mordechai Gur, died yesterday at the age of 74 following a heart attack at his Rehovot home. Arriving in Palestine from Russia in 1912 Mr. Gorban joined the Jewish Legion in World War I under the British Army. Funeral services were held today at Rehovot.
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