{"id":19994,"date":"2012-12-31T13:59:04","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T03:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=19994"},"modified":"2020-09-30T13:08:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T03:08:38","slug":"former-councillor-remembered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/12\/31\/former-councillor-remembered\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Councillor Remembered"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Kingaroy Shire councillor Ian Wren<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 31, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

A funeral service will be held on Friday (January 4) for former Kingaroy Shire councillor Ian Wren who died on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n

Cr Wren served two terms on council, from 1991-94 and 1994-97.<\/p>\n

He also had a very distinguished army career, raising to the rank of Major in the Regular Army before being appointed on retirement as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Reserves.<\/p>\n

He served in New Guinea and New Britain during World War II and was sent to Japan as part of the Occupation Forces.<\/p>\n

During the Korean War, he\u00a0was wounded by mortar fire while serving with 3rd Battalion RAR.<\/p>\n

On his return to Australia, the then-Captain Wren spent time with the Defence Forces in Sydney, Woomera, Kapooka (Wagga Wagga), Melbourne and Canberra working on various projects, including a review of the Army Law Manual.<\/p>\n

He moved to the South Burnett in 1983 and settled at Memerambi.<\/p>\n

Cr Wren’s wife Gwen passed away 10 years ago. They had been married for just over 50 years. Five years later he shifted into the Canowindra aged care facility in Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

Cr Wren was also well-known in the South Burnett business community as principal of Wren Management Consultants which operated from premises in Mary Street for many years.<\/p>\n

Ian also took on leadership roles within the Uniting Church, Legacy, TAFE, the National Party, the Kingaroy Development Board and Kingaroy Shire Council.<\/p>\n

Acting South Burnett mayor Cr Keith Campbell said Cr Wren had been a very engaged and involved local councillor and had always demonstrated a broad knowledge about a vast number of subjects.<\/p>\n

The funeral will be held at 2:00pm on Friday at the Kingaroy Uniting Church, corner of Youngman and Alford streets, to be followed by interment at Memerambi Cemetery.<\/p>\n

Cr Wren is survived by his daughter Susan and son Digby. He was 88.<\/p>\n

The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Legacy or Blue Care.<\/p>\n

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Ian Douglas Kay Wren was born on July 4, 1924, the second and youngest son of Eric and Dorothy Wren, of Strathfield, in Sydney.<\/strong><\/p>\n

His parents had met in England: his father Eric was injured at the battle of Pozieres during World War I; Dorothy helped nurse him back to health.<\/p>\n

Ian attended Trinity Grammar and apart from his studies was very involved in sport, especially cricket and rugby union.<\/p>\n

After completing high school Ian was accepted into Duntroon. He spent his 21st<\/sup> birthday on active duty.<\/p>\n

On his return home he was based in Sydney, but was also required to be at Woomera. During this period he met Gwen Kaill and romance blossomed.\u00a0On November 17,\u00a0<\/span>1951, they were married in the Anglican Church at Manly.<\/p>\n

In May 1968, Ian graduated from the Australian National University with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in political science.<\/p>\n

Two other interests became evident at that time: Legacy and the church. He became an elder of the Presbyterian Church.<\/p>\n

He retired from the army in 1968 and took up a position with Colonial Mutual travelling frequently to the south coast of NSW, and visiting many farmers and their properties. \u00a0He also became an active lay preacher.<\/p>\n

Ian was then appointed registrar of the Townsville Teacher\u2019s College and later secretary of the Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education in Lismore.<\/p>\n

When his daughter Susan and son-in-law Peter Mortimer moved to Kingaroy in 1983 to take on an accountancy practice, Ian and his wife Gwen shifted again to be \u00a0close to their grandchild.<\/p>\n

[UPDATED: January 1, 2013]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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