Diary of George Loughlin Blore, May - October 1940

Blore, George Loughlin (Corporal, b.1916 - d.2001)

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Places	Africa: South Africa, Cape Province, Cape Town Africa: West Africa, Sierra Leone, Freetown Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London Europe: United Kingdom, England, Surrey, Godalming Europe: United Kingdom, England, Warwickshire, Coventry Europe: United Kingdom, England, Warwickshire, Warwick, Leamington Spa Europe: United Kingdom, England, Wiltshire, Salisbury Plain Europe: United Kingdom, England, Wiltshire, Tidworth Europe: United Kingdom, Scotland, Renfrewshire, Gourock Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Mont Albert
Accession Number	AWM2019.22.22
Collection number	AWM2016.110.2
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	Item
Item count	1
Object type	Diary
Physical description	75 Image/s captured
Maker	Blore, George Loughlin
Place made	At sea, South Africa
Date made	1940
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions	Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Source credit to	This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.

Description

Diary relating to the Second World War service of VX16593 Private George Loughlin Blore, 3 Australian Special Hospital and 3 Australian General Hospital, May - October 1940.

In the first of two diaries, Blore documents his first six months of service shortly after embarking from Melbourne on 5 May 1940. He opens his account while anchored at Cape Town, and provides a detailed description of the city, its inhabitants and his activities during a period of leave. He generally adopts this approach throughout much of the diary, offering detailed accounts of subsequent ports of call, and his extracurricular activities in England while camped at Tidworth and after his posting to Milford. He makes frequent references to his Christian faith, visits to churches and association with members of local church communities. In contrast, diary entries relating to his service are generally brief but include references to air raids, aerial battles, digging shelters, and his duties as an orderly with 3 Australian General Hospital.

The diary also includes a variety of notes such as names and addresses, places to visit and items to buy, religious references in the form of prayers and proverbs, as well as a loose-leaf page deposited in the diary.