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Informs them that Donald arrived in London and is very fit.

Information received 18 November 1941 that German wireless mentioned that Pilot Officer Donald Arthur Baker is a prisoner of war. Treat with reserve pending official confirmation.

Confirmation from International Red Cross society that son Pilot Officer Donald Arthur Baker was a prisoner of war in Germany. Notes his uncle has been informed.

Pleased good news.

Letter 20 June. Donald well, Believe authentic. Reported death mistake. Signed Baker.

Sends that he arrived in London very fit, letter follows.

Telegram to Donald Bakers parents that their son Pilot Officer Donald Arthur Baker had been mentioned in a German broadcast on 15 november 1941 as being a prisoner of war. Information should be treated with reserve pending official confirmation.

A group of four men in desert uniform, three of whom are sitting and one standing, overlooking open hilly scrubland. on the reverse 'My party taking a rest on top of one of the hills. This photograph illustrates the country we had to cross on the 35…

Men, women and children sitting around and swimming in a rectangular swimming pool with diving board. One man is wearing a pith helmet with a towel covering his back. The area is bordered by floodlights and trees. On the reverse of the second…

Two men and two women swimming in the hotel pool. On the reverse 'John in the swimming pool of the Fall Hotel John Harry and the two girls'.

A group of six men in uniform, five of whom are leaning over looking at a map. The group are in scrubland with trees beyond. On the reverse 'My party studying maps on the eve of the "bash" '.

A train, with multiple carriages crossing open scrubland about to enter a cutting in the hillside. There are mountains in the distance.

Stopped alongside wire and post fencing with two men wearing pith helmets with a third man standing with an ice cream cart. There are buildings in the background behind a line of trees. The engine has a cowcatcher and the number 90 on its front.

Six b/w photographs, first captioned 'Dining Car on way down to Cape Town'.
Second showing station stop board for Laingsburg captioned, 'Speaks for itself'.
Third captioned 'South African engine'.
Fourth captioned 'Water hole in Karoo desert…

Tree photographs first captioned 'Swimming pool S.Rhodesia'.
Second captioned 'World View, Rhodes' Grave , Matobo'.
Third is captioned 'Shangani Monument, Matopos'.

Four small photographs, first captioned 'Sebakwe Poort [Gorge].
Second captioned 'Sebakwe River'.
Third captioned 'Rhodesia, near Umtali'.
Fourth captioned 'Boating on Zambezi'.

Nineteen airmen in various uniforms standing and squatting in two rows with brick building in the background. Names two Rhodesians Flight Lieutenat J A G Parker and Pilot Officer Donald Baker (extreme right sitting). Shown at Oflag 21B, Stalagluft 3…

Photograph of rolling hills, image of memorial superimposed, captioned 'Shangani Memorial, Matoppos', annotated 'Lion Country'.

Recollections of John's service career, by his son Clive, including a letter from 44 Squadron Association. It describes John taking fellow RAF volunteers' compulsary swimming tests in their stead and his initial training in Rhodesia. He flew in…

First is urban street scene with statue on pedestal, unable to read caption.
Second is captioned 'Cenotaph Bulawayo.
Third is broad urban street scene with handcart captioned 'Abercorne Street Bulawayo'.
Fourth is of part of a grove of trees,…

First broad street, urban scene, captioned 'Abercorn Street, Bulawayo'.
Second large two storey building with central tower and colonnade, set in trees captioned 'City Hall Bulawayo'.
Third large two storey building with dome, set in trees, car…

Details of Sam's citation for his DSO, further training in Navigation and as an instructor. He then returned to transport in the Mediterranean. His last flight was from Malta to Cairo.
There are three photographs of his wife.

A road lined with white rocks runs left to right. On the far side a number of buildings and in the centre two cars parked by a small stand of trees. On the reverse 'RAF Mount Hampden, 1941, Salisbury, S Rhodesia'.

The hut stands in open ground with a pitched grass roof and a multi paned glass window. It has rocks around its base and a notice at its entrance. On the reverse 'The hut that Rhodes stayed in when visiting Bulawayo. Now in the grounds of the…

A view of the front of the Round House Hotel, at the corner of Esigodini Road/ Hope Fountain road, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Dark sky and bushes in the foreground. On the reverse 'The Round House Hotel which I have talked a lot about'.

During the Second…