Sherbrooke Jewish Men and Women
Who Served in the World Wars
World War II
- ♥ Isadore Samuel Levitt
- killed in action
- He failed to return from a Wellington Bomber Mission over Germany in 1943.
He had lived in Sherbrooke and worked for S Rubin, (brother in law of
Jack Rubin). He had been a Sergeant in the Sherbrooke Regiment from 1940
to 1941. He then applied for and Col Sam Echenberg OK’ed his
transferred to RCAF.
- Corinne Mitchel has researched his story and posted her findings on his Sherbrooke Jewish Community History Project ancestry page. Click here for Isadore Samuel Levitt on our Ancestry.com page.
- Click here for more information on Isadore Samuel Levitt’s service record.and here for his awards.
- ♥ Sam Echenberg
- A Sergeant in WWI
- Rose to be a Colonel in WWII
- During the 1930’s he was commander of the Sherbrooke Regiment
- during which time he received King George lV when he visited.
- ♥ Issie Echenberg
- A Captain in the Sherbrooke Regiment and served overseas.
- ♥ Eddie Echenberg
- In the Navy
- ♥ Richard Echenberg
- Royal Canadian Navy
- ♥ Max Echenberg
- A US army physician serving on the Italian Front.
- ♥ Morty Vineberg
- A pilot, shot down and captured
- A POW in Germany until the end of the war.
- ♥ Sydney Echenberg
- A Sgt. in the Sherbrooke Regiment
- ♥ Sam Gilman
- served
- ♥ David Holdengraber
- A tanker in the Windsor Regiment
- Captured and was a POW in Germany.
- ♥ Lyon Holdengraber
- A tanker in the Windsor Regiment
- wounded in action.
- ♥ Ben Linds
- Canadian Army
- Click here for Ben Linds story by Myron Echenberg
- ♥ Joeseph Mittleman
- joined the RCAF in 1941 and served in Africa
- ♥ Paul Niloff
- served as a physician with the Canadian Army
World War I
- ♥ Sam Echenberg
- CEF served in France.
- ♥ Tom Echenberg
- CEF served in France
- ♥ Rebecca Echenberg
- Nurse served overseas
- Her diary can be found here.
- ♥ Clara Echenberg
- Nurse served overseas.
- ♥ Sydney Holdengraber
- Enlisted into the CEF twice
- Discharged after serving for some months; because he was underage
- Reenlisted a year later
- served in France with the CEF.