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25 May 1923 - 9 October 2008
Ivor Marsh died in Kerikeri after a long struggle with Lewy Body Disease. He was an astute, good doctor, with an old school 'completeness' to his life. He was a keen teacher of medicine, a pilot, and highly skilled with his hands; he built model steam engines, much of the furniture in his house, radio controlled gliders, and boats. He taught himself to sketch, and also acted in repertory theatre. He loved literature and music and had a quick mind with an ability to make a sharp analysis of the human plight.
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Ivor was born in Gosport, England, the only child of Robert Arthur Marsh (an engineer in the Royal Navy) and Bluebell Beatrice Savage. He attended Portsmouth Grammar School, and in 1940 joined the Royal Air Force and, after a year of engineering at Glasgow University, he was posted to the 299 Squadron 38 Group for the duration of World War 2.
In 1946 he attended King's College in London and King's College Hospital where he qualified MB BS. It was during this time that he met and married Betty Bradley who was nursing at King's College.
In 1953 Ivor came to New Zealand as a medical officer with the Royal New Zealand Air Force and this included...