Melkon's father was a blacksmith and necessary for the Turks in the wartime, therefore he was not deported. Later in the year 1921 he was taken as a soldier and died. Melkon who had learned the same trade as his father was working hard and was a good help for his mother and his three brothers. Two months ago he was taken as a soldier and brought to Diarbekir. He was sorry. To leave his mother meant that they had to suffer from hunger the two years he was obliged to serve as a soldier. He therefore fled and reached Ras-el-Ain, from there he was sent on to us.

Left our care: June 19, 1929. Relatives.