Ivor Edwin HOUSE [7484]

   Cause of his death was Pulmonary embolus, as a result of medical negligence by an alcoholic doctor.

  General Notes:

Ivor was educated (1920-24) at Whitgift Grammer School, Alverstoke HAM, by 1928 he had moved back to China and joined the Hankow Fusilliers Regiment. He also was a professional jockey, riding at the Shanghai and Tientsin Jockey Clubs. He met his wife Marjory, whose parents owned racehorses, when she led him in after a winning ride. Ivor was also employed at Liddell's a company treating goat skins for export.
When in 1941 the Japanese invaded China the family moved, on a Mission Ship, to Bombay. Ivor served during the WWII on Mission 204* in Burma supporting Chinese guerillas fighting the Japanese. With his family he returned to England at the end of the war.
In early 1948 Ivor was seconded back to Shanghai to continue in his job at Liddell's, however the takeover of China by the communists, again forced the family to leave China, this time to Australia, where they settled in Albany W.A. Ivor worked as manager of Albany Woollen Mills, enjoying hobbies of bird and butterfly watching, and stamp collecting.
His premature death at age 46 was as a result of medical mismanagement.
*Mission 204 was a top secret Australian cadre of demolition and guerilla experts despatched from Burma to central China to harass the Japanese.

Ivor married Marjory Saint GILES [7482] [MRIN: 2496], daughter of Lancelot GILES CMG HBM [479] and Marjory SCOTT [411], on 22 Sep 1934. (Marjory Saint GILES [7482] was born on 18 Feb 1913 in Ku Kiang China, died on 26 Jan 2007 in Perth Western Aust. and was cremated on 5 Feb 2007 in Perth Western Aust..)