 In 1909 the family emigrated to Auckland, New Zealand, and the next year they purchased a farm on the outskirts of Titirangi.Blaiklock received his primary education at Avondale Side School and New Lynn School, and his secondary education at Auckland Grammar School.Blaiklock was accepted by the Auckland Education Board as a pupil-teacher and taught at Avondale School for a year, then spent 1921 and 1922 at Auckland Training College.