Service Number ~ 28901
Unit ~ New Zealand Artillery, 7 Anti-Tank Regiment
Campaign ~ Western Desert
Son of John Grosvenor Bloore and Hilda Isabel Bloore, of Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand.
Second Lieutenant Allan Grant Bloore was a well-known Hamilton resident. He was born in Gisborne 20 years ago, being the son of Mr. J. G. Bloore, Hamilton. He was educated in Gisborne and moved to Hamilton 12 years ago. He was employed by the Hamilton Hardware Company, Limited. Lieutenant Bloore was keenly interested in athletics, and for many years was secretary of the Hamilton Harriers Club. He left New Zealand as a gunner with an artillery unit in 1940. He so distinguished himself in the Greek campaign that he attended an officers' training school in Cairo and received his commission.
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20836, 15 JULY 1942, PAGE 2
Unit ~ New Zealand Artillery, 7 Anti-Tank Regiment
Campaign ~ Western Desert
Son of John Grosvenor Bloore and Hilda Isabel Bloore, of Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand.
Second Lieutenant Allan Grant Bloore was a well-known Hamilton resident. He was born in Gisborne 20 years ago, being the son of Mr. J. G. Bloore, Hamilton. He was educated in Gisborne and moved to Hamilton 12 years ago. He was employed by the Hamilton Hardware Company, Limited. Lieutenant Bloore was keenly interested in athletics, and for many years was secretary of the Hamilton Harriers Club. He left New Zealand as a gunner with an artillery unit in 1940. He so distinguished himself in the Greek campaign that he attended an officers' training school in Cairo and received his commission.
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20836, 15 JULY 1942, PAGE 2
Service Number ~ 28901
Unit ~ New Zealand Artillery, 7 Anti-Tank Regiment
Campaign ~ Western Desert
Son of John Grosvenor Bloore and Hilda Isabel Bloore, of Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand.
Second Lieutenant Allan Grant Bloore was a well-known Hamilton resident. He was born in Gisborne 20 years ago, being the son of Mr. J. G. Bloore, Hamilton. He was educated in Gisborne and moved to Hamilton 12 years ago. He was employed by the Hamilton Hardware Company, Limited. Lieutenant Bloore was keenly interested in athletics, and for many years was secretary of the Hamilton Harriers Club. He left New Zealand as a gunner with an artillery unit in 1940. He so distinguished himself in the Greek campaign that he attended an officers' training school in Cairo and received his commission.
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20836, 15 JULY 1942, PAGE 2
Unit ~ New Zealand Artillery, 7 Anti-Tank Regiment
Campaign ~ Western Desert
Son of John Grosvenor Bloore and Hilda Isabel Bloore, of Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand.
Second Lieutenant Allan Grant Bloore was a well-known Hamilton resident. He was born in Gisborne 20 years ago, being the son of Mr. J. G. Bloore, Hamilton. He was educated in Gisborne and moved to Hamilton 12 years ago. He was employed by the Hamilton Hardware Company, Limited. Lieutenant Bloore was keenly interested in athletics, and for many years was secretary of the Hamilton Harriers Club. He left New Zealand as a gunner with an artillery unit in 1940. He so distinguished himself in the Greek campaign that he attended an officers' training school in Cairo and received his commission.
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20836, 15 JULY 1942, PAGE 2
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Second Lieutenant, New Zealand Artillery. Age: 26.
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