Rex Hazlewood Post war studio portrait of 17317 Sergeant (Sgt) Rex Hazlewood, 1st Division Signals Company, probably taken in Melbourne. A photographer from Epping, NSW prior to enlistment, Sgt Hazlewood embarked with the rank of Sapper with the 26th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Shropshire on 11 May 1917. After serving in France, he returned to Australia on 23 September 1919.