The West Australian resources journalist and inventor that fought doggedly to have the ban on the exporting of iron ore from Australia lifted - and who later became a right hand man of prospecting legend Lang Hancock - has died in Perth aged 84. Lloyd Marshall, whose contribution to the fields of mining and journalism led to the establishment of the Lloyd Marshall Award for best news story being introduced by the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies in 1991, was commemorated at his old high school, Christ Church Grammar School. Born in Perth on March 5, 1919, Marshall excelled as a scholar during his school years, winning numerous prizes. He joined the 10th Light Horse with his own horse, Rubarb (which he called Ruby) and, alter recovering from a bout of typhoid fever, joined the Royal Australian Air Force to train as a pilot during World War II.
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