The boy remembers that his father was killed on the road, and that his mother and he himself with many other people were driven to and fro till they reached Tel-Afar. There the mother became ill and died. An Arab, Hassan Abdullah, took possession of him. Herant was a shepherd by that man many years, never he got any recompense for his hard work. One day he met with an Armenian chauffeur, who brought him to Mosul, from where he was sent to us.

Left our care: August 17, 1928. Living in the home of the Benevolent Union.