SERGEANT FROM LINCOLNSHIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST - Sergeant Joan Baker, daughter of Mr and Mrs V Baker, of Westlands, Hamberstone Avenue, near Grimsby, is now serving in the Middle East and was one of the first contingent of NCOs to go overseas. Sergeant Baker joined the in June 1940 and was at once sent to an station as a clerk/special duties, and worked in the operations room. She was promoted to corporal in January 1941 and sergeant in August 1941. Early in 1941 she became a physical training instructor and was employed at a depot teaching recruits ph
SERGEANT FROM LINCOLNSHIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST - Sergeant Joan Baker, daughter of Mr and Mrs V Baker, of Westlands, Hamberstone Avenue, near Grimsby, is now serving in the Middle East and was one of the first contingent of NCOs to go overseas. Sergeant Baker joined the in June 1940 and was at once sent to an station as a clerk/special duties, and worked in the operations room. She was promoted to corporal in January 1941 and sergeant in August 1941. Early in 1941 she became a physical training instructor and was employed at a depot teaching recruits physical training, and continued in this work until she went overseas. She will be employed as a instructor in the Middle East. Joan Baker was always interested in amateur theatricals and while at a depot she produced a revue which subsequently visited five towns in the neighbourhood. Before joining the she worked as an ambulance driver in Grimsby. She lias one brother in the (Picture issued 1943) Photographic negative , Royal Air Force
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