Joyce joined the Royal Canadian Air Force Woman’s Division. She requested to go to England because she had never traveled the world and this was an once in a lifetime opportunity. She was trained at Rockcliffe to become a stenographer in the Orderly Room. She went over to England on Aug. 14, 1942. Her air force number was W306351. Her time was spent in Linton-on-Ouse which is close to York. Then she became a corporal for a year before she was brought back home to her family in Montreal.

Joyce was interviewed by her grandson Evan Kossman in early 2009.