Career
East.G. Findlay was originally named in the team, but presumably due to lack of financing, Boardman later assumed his position in the team According to records, he did not place at the 1912 Australian Championships and came fourth in the 220-yard freestyle at the New South Wales Championships. lieutenant is hypothesized that he was chosen because he was a teammate at the Sydney Swimming Club of Harold Hardwick and Cecil Healy.
In the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, he swam the third leg as the team of Hardwick (Australia), Healy (Australia) and Malcolm Champion (New Zealand) defeated the United States team for the gold medal.
He was also signed up to compete at plain high diving competition, but did not compete.