Here's a new idea!
I tried everything suggested here too, removing various kexts, copying my DSDT file over, etc. got the keyboard to work with VoodooPS2, but still no mouse in the installer. Works fine in Mavericks. No clue.
Then I tried simply plugging in a WIRED USB mouse while at the installer first language selection screen. Bingo. It worked!
I wonder if everyone else with this same issue is using a wireless mouse?
Btw my mouse/keyboard is a Logitech where the wireless receiver cable has a dual end with both USB and purple PS2 (keyboard) connectors. If you normally just plug in the USB both mouse and keyboard normally work as USB, but on my PC the system always wakes itself instantly from sleep (on all operating systems I think) with the USB keyboard, hence why I plug in the PS2 connector too, so I then have a PS2 keyboard (that sleeps fine) and a USB mouse. That's why in my case I needed VoodooPS2 to get a working keyboard.
Anyway, I still have no clue why a wired mouse works, but not the wireless receiver that works fine in all other version of OSX I've tried (since Leopard).
EDIT: Interestingly, I wondered if any genuine macs were seeing this with the Logitech wireless mouse, sure enough -
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6602984
EDIT2: Installing the 'Logitech Control Center' as suggested in the thread fixed my mouse! Not helpful for anyone that can't get past the installer without a mouse though. No idea if there's a Kext I can extract from the Logitech files that can be added to the USB drive to make the mouse work with the installer.