Dawn joined the RAF where she trained as a nurse. When she was based on the Shetlands, she would drive from her home back to base in female clothing, because she knew she would never bump into anyone she knew. On one such journey, Dawn locked her keys in the car and had to break her own window. The police came along and she was forced to explain why she was breaking into a car in feminine clothing. She wasn’t charged, but that was the point ‘where I needed to re-establish where I was and what I was going to do. It was time for me to get out’