Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Hoffmeister gara ọmụmụ ihe ndị Canada Junior War Staff na Royal Military College of Canada na Kingston, Ontario. N'afọ 1942, e buliri ya n'ọkwa lieutenant colonel. N'afọ 1943, e nyere ya ihe nrite Distinguished Service Order (DSO) mgbe ọ na-arụ ọrụ n'ụlọ ọrụ ahụ.
na-alụ ọgụ na Sicily. Ọ natara Bar na DSO n'afọ na-eso ya.