Henry James Boddington (SN 1619) from Gregory Street in Ballarat was a married 35 year old when he enlisted on February 15th 1916. He trained with the 14th Depot Battalion then the 39th Battalion in Ballarat, before embarking from Melbourne on the Ascanius on May 27th. He had an eventful voyage, being sentenced to 18 days detention for assaulting a sentry and for smoking between decks. In late September he was transferred to the 60th Battalion in France but illness, myalgia, caused him to be returned to England for treatment in March 1917. Illness and clashes with authority persisted, and on October 31st 1917 he boarded the Berrima to return to Australia. He disembarked at Melbourne on December 30th 1917 and was discharged soon after, ‘medically unfit – rheumatoid arthritis’.