Eric BLOOM

BLOOM, Eric

Service Number: VX30185
Enlisted: 18 June 1940, Royal Park, Vic.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: AHQ 27 BDE 2 COY/AASC
Born: Camperdown, Victoria, Australia , 18 December 1902
Home Town: Chiltern, Indigo, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Bootmaker
Died: Illness, Borneo, 8 February 1945, aged 42 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Camperdown War Memorial, Chiltern War Memorial Gates, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX30185
18 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX30185, AHQ 27 BDE 2 COY/AASC, Royal Park, Vic.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Eric and Mary Ann Bloom; husband of Doris May Bloom, of Chiltern, Victoria.