Final Payment of Pay and Allowances

Final Payment of Pay and Allowances

RAF Form 2788

Issued to Edgar Meredith enclosing the remainder of his pay and entitlements amounting to £92 6s.

1945-09-24

Two printed sheets with handwritten annotations

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R.A.F. FORM 2783 (Revised)
NOTIFICATION OF FINAL PAYMENT OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES AND AMOUNT DUE FOR WAR GRATIUITY AND POST WAR CREDIT
ALL CLASSES OF RELEASE – OTHER RANKS
TO
1653288, W/O Meredith,
30, Brynbach St.,
Nautylwch,
Tredegar, Mon.
Postal drafts to the value of £ -: s. – d. are enclosed in final settlement of your pay account, including leave rate of ration allowance, up to and including 8.10.46. which is the last day of your release leave (and includes pay and ration allowance for overseas service).
[symbol] Delete if not applicable.
[deleted] [symbol] This payment includes the sum of £ - payable for Service Gratuity (ex regular airmen only) and £ - for the award of the following decoration(s) or medal(s)
Note:- Income Tax £ - recovered at this Centre [/deleted]
Income Tax deductions in respect of your Civil Employment will be made as from your first payment of wages or salary, unless you are within the normal exemption limits.
If you propose to encash a postal draft for an amount of £10 or more at a small Post Office, you are advised, in your own interest, to give the Post Office 24 hours notice before payment is required.
In addition you are entitled to a payment for War Gratuity and Post War Credit. The period of your Release Leave does not count for the purpose of calculating entitlement to War Gratuity, but Post War Payment up to and including [deleted] last day of Release Leave. [/deleted] [inserted] [date stamp 30 JUNE 1946] [/inserted] Payment will be made into a Post Office Savings Bank Account to be opened in your name, and the amount will be credited to the account on the 57th day after you leave the Dispersal Centre. A Post Office Savings Bank book will be dispatched to reach you as near to the 57th day as possible. The amount cannot be withdrawn from the Post Office before the 57th day. The book will be forwarded to the address shown above. It is therefore important that you notify any change of address prior to the receipt of this book, to the Director, Post Office Savings Bank, 25, Church Street, Manchester 4, quoting your service number, rank and name (in block letters) and the particulars of your Savings Bank Account as follows:-
Account Reference
124221
Please turn over
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For your information your entitlement to War Gratuity and Post War Credit is as follows:-
War Gratuity - £ s. d.
For rank of W/O
53 months @ 20/- per month – 53 - -
Post War Credit
1572 days @ -/6 per day – [underlined] 39 – 6 – [/underlined]
Less Debtor Bal. £2:6:10 – [underlined] £92:6:- [/underlined]
Recoverable from War Gratuity.
This communication need not be acknowledged but any correspondence that becomes necessary should be addressed to the Senior Accountant Officer of the Dispersal Centre, and should quote your service number, rank, name (in block letters) and address, your class of release (A, B or C) and the date you left the Dispersal Centre (as stamped on Form 2520/26 of your Service and Release Book).
D.C. Date Stamp
[ink stamp Accountant Office 24 SEP 1946 No. 100 PDG]
[ink stamp (Sgd) G. H. WILLS-SELMAN]