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PAY
......Pay Advice Bureaux’s were located in a11 camps,
Munro, West Wing; Connaught; Darna and Nasik, for British Service Officers.
......Nursing Sisters and .B.O.Rs eligible for release or repatriation
for the collection of completed Repay Forms 1, field cheque books, audit
and payment of Travel Claims for the journey to HBTD, issue of normal and
embarkation advances, liaison with Officers Accounts Branch, Meerut, in
respect of queries on pay and allowances, documentation of B.O.Rs.; families
and exchange of foreign currency.
......Payment in the U.K. by A.P.O., Manchester, or Army Agents (Cox & Kings
etc.) is a personal matter of choice. A.P.O., Manchester, remit pay and
allowances to private banking accounts.
......Examples and help on all claims forms were to be found on the camps “PAY” notice
boards or at the Pay Advice Bureaux. Travel claims could be completed at
the Pay Advice Bureau for the journey to HBTD and would be paid in cash.
Advances:
Embarkation Advance. Of the maximum according to rank as follows:-
Lt. Rs. 260; Capt. Rs. 330; Major Rs. 570; Lt.-Col. Rs. 860.
Foreign Exchange: All currencies were exchanged by the Cashier, Pay Advice Bureau, excepting B.M.A., BURMA, which were dealt with by the Field Cashier, HBTD.
Sterling was issued at the port of embarkation at the following
rates:-
BY SEA—up to a maximum of £20 (Rs. 266/10)
BY AIR—up to a maximum of £10 (Rs. 133/5)
There were no facilities for obtaining English currency in H.B.T.D.
B.O.Rs: Were paid fortnightly at special rates as laid down according to rate of pay. Enquiries regarding pay and allowances were made to Wing HQ. Credits were not to be paid.
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
......Customs and Excise remained pretty much the same as it is today; even during the war little to no allowance was made to our service personnel. I have just for the sake of continuity throughout the booklet sifted out what I found to be of interest.
......The penalties for smuggling and for evading or attempting to bribe a Customs Officer renders the offender liable to a PENALTY OF £200. (Quite a sum of money in those days).
Articles that should be declared:-
Opera Glasses.
Wireless sets and valves.
Cinematograph Films.
Typewriters, Cutlery.
Articles subject to prohibition/restriction:-
Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives.
Opium, Cocaine, Morphine, Heroin. Hashish.
Dogs, Cats, Parrots, Muskrats.
WELFARE
......Welfare Officers: There was a Welfare Officer in all camps to help
the service personnel. He would advise and assist them in solving, FAMILY,
COMPASSIONATE, LEGAL and BUSINESS problems in India or at home.
......There was also a Central Welfare Office in Munro Road, which they
could either be referred to or simply go direct should the Welfare Officer
be unable to help them.
......SSAFA: This organization was in place to help with family worries
at home, or simply want advice on what to expect when they returned home
given the climate, rationing and changes of life style. This was a very
large organization and extended over the U.K. and Northern Ireland. This
was based at the depot, Welfare Offices, HBTD Munro Rd., Deolali, or in
the offices at the Nasik Road Camp.
RESETTLEMENT
......The HBTD Resettlement Officer was on hand to advise service personnel
regarding, Training Schemes, Training for Careers and Professions, Reinstatement
in Employment, also Government Grants to small Traders. Application form
A.C.I. 869 of 45 was also available from the Resettlement Office.
......Most U.K. towns had their own Resettlement Advice Bureaux, staffed
by experts advising them on, Vocational Training Courses, Technical colleges,
Universities for further education many of these experts were ex-Servicemen
and women who understood what they were going through and this help was
free.
......Citizens Advice Bureaux worked in close co-operation with the Ministry
of Labour and National Service Bureaux and were there to assist ex-servicemen
with personal problems; addresses for their offices could be obtained from,
Post Offices, Town Halls or Police Stations.
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