Possible Clues:

• Inability to recall men deployed in continent
• Is a name recollected? Yes, but not with this
• Difficulty of recalling men scattered within large region
• Inability to recall a name is awkward
• Wrong name is put up — a consequence of this?
• Mental blackout
• I prevent recall of seaman I discovered
• That's for getting as I mean to make it
• Overused soap opera plot device
• Problem with recalling foreign seaman I arrested