LOADER, Joan
17 March 1921 – 11 August 1994
Origin Birmingham, England
Accompanying Family No family, arrived on her own
First settled in Fairbridge Farm, Pinjarra, WA
Original Occupation Child
Occupation in Australia Children's Nurse
UNKNOWN
Departure Port Liverpool
Arrival Year 1933
Fremantle
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Joan Loader was 2 years of age when she was placed in the Barnardo Homes Orphanage in Exeter, UK. At 12 years of age she was sent to Fairbridge, Western Australia. She enlisted into the AWAS in 1942 and served in the searchlight division. She married Albert Allan Penberthy in 1948. Together they had a son and three daughters.
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