In March 2018 Rex Baguley was one of those chosen to carry the Queen’s Baton in Warwick, in the lead up to the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

Rex had previously carried an Olympic Torch for both the Melbourne 1956 Games and the Sydney 2000 Games. One of very few people, or even the only person, to have carried Torches/Batons for all three events. Rex has had a keen involvement in local cricket, squash and rugby league and an amazing 81 years with Warwick hockey which led to his nominations and selection to carry the torches and baton.

Rex is a fourth generation Baguley in the Warwick (Qld) area. He started work at 14 as a messenger for the Warwick Daily News before beginning an apprenticeship as a hand compositor at 17. A year later he was conscripted in the Army, joining the 7^th Battalion and serving overseas on Bougainville and Solomon Islands, including the Numa Numa Trail as a signalman. He was one of many 7^th Bn men who supervised 18,000 Japanese soldiers awaiting repatriation before coming home and resuming his apprenticeship (as a much older apprentice!). Rex spent 50 years with Warwick Daily News, finishing his career as the Commercial Print Manager.

In retirement Rex has joined the local woodcrafters as well as being Patron of the Warwick Hockey Association for the last 15 years.