In the war time the Turks massacred his father and mother. He became an orphan and was left all alone with his two sisters. A Kurd came and took him away from them to his village where he had to work very hard on the farm. He never had any news from his sisters and does not know what happened to them. The Kurd was very poor and could not nourish him sufficiently. So Sarkis fled to another Kurdish village and worked there. During the Kurdish-Turkish troubles he was fighting on the side of the Kurds. As the Turks are looking for him and some of his Kurdish friends, he fled and came out of Turkey. One Ras-el-Ain agent met him and helped him to get to our Reception house.

Left our care: July 20, 1928. Selfsupporting, smith. Relatives.