Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Hobbs e mesịa bulie ya n'ọkwa brigadier general ma mee ya Companion of the Order of the Bath. N'ọnwa Machị afọ 1916, o so ndị otu 1st Australian Division gaa France, ma bụrụkwa onye isi ndị agha Australia mgbe e jidere Pozières. N'ọnwa Disemba afọ 1916, ọ malitere ịchị ngalaba nke ise nke Australia ma bụrụ onye isi ndị ọchịagha na Jenụwarị. Ngalaba a nọ n'etiti ọgụ na mmiri nke 1917, na Septemba ọ pụtara ìhè na Polygon Wood. Ndị ọrụ ahụ rụkọrọ ọrụ nke ọma, wee nweta nnukwu mmeri. E mere Hobbs ka ọ bụrụ Knight Commander nke Order nke Bath na Knight Commander nke Order nke St Michael na St George na 1 Jenụwarị 1918. Na ngwụcha ọnwa Eprel, ndị otu ya lụrụ ọgụ na Agha nke Abụọ nke Villers-Bretonneux
, nke nwere ike inye aka n'ịhapụ ọrụ ndị German na Amiens.