Kammala wannan jumla: An haife shi a Lamego, Portugal a 1930, Lemos Pires ya koma Lisbon yana da shekaru 18 don fara karatunsa a Makarantar Sojojin Portugal. Bayan kammala karatunsa a matsayin jami'i, ya dauki wasu mukamai daban-daban a kasashen waje a Daular Portuguese ta kasashen waje. A cikin shekarun 1960 an tura Lemos Pires zuwa Algeria (a lokacin mulkin mallaka na Faransa), inda ya yi karatun soja na Faransa
dabarun yaki da 'yan tawaye.