IOR/L/E/8/1444

File includes:

• Statement showing the names and other particulars of 63 missing seamen following enemy action on the ss. Behar
• Reports on the heirs and dependants of seamen ex ss. Behar and pension applications (submitted by widows and dependants of seamen) showing the names and details of heirs and dependants of certain seamen ex ss. Behar
• Statement showing detention allowances granted to repatriated seamen ex ss. Behar (Government of India Department of Commerce letter, November 1945)
• Statements and Government of India Department of Commerce letters showing awards granted to certain dependants of deceased Indian seamen ex ss. Behar
• Copy of a report from the Chief Officer of the ss. Behar on the conduct of 17 Indian crew members during their detention by the Japanese and a report and schedule relating to crew and passenger members of the ss. Behar following the ship’s encounter with three Japanese cruisers in the South Indian Ocean on 9^th March 1944 (October 1945-September 1946)
• Indian Seamen Death Schedule showing the names of Indian seamen, who following their capture after the loss of the ss. Behar, were executed by the Japanese on the night of 18^-19th March 1944
• List of Indian seamen in respect of whom the Ministry of Pensions have received no details of awards [list includes the names of vessels, the dates they were subject to enemy action, with the names of certain seamen under the heading “Number of cases outstanding”]