Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakarewaina a Hobbs hei rangatira pirihimana, ā, i whakawhiwhia ki te Order of the Bath. I te Poutu-te-rangi 1916 i haere ia me te 1st Australian Division ki Parani, a ko ia te rangatira o te pu o Ahitereiria i te wa i hopukina ai a Pozières. I te marama o Tihema 1916 i riro ia ia te mana o te 5th Australian Division, a ka meinga hei rangatira nui i te marama o Hanuere. I te puna o te tau 1917, i te kaha o te whawhai o tenei wehenga, a, i te marama o Hepetema i wehewehe i a ia i te Poligon Wood. He pai te mahi tahi a ngā kaimahi, ā, i tutuki i a rātou he wikitoria nui. I hangaia a Hobbs hei Knight Commander o te Order of the Bath me Knight Commander o te Order o St Michael me St George i te 1 o Hanuere 1918. I te mutunga o Paenga-whāwhā i whawhai tana wehenga i te Pakanga Tuarua o Villers-Bretonneux
, i uru pea ki te whakarere i nga mahi a te Tiamana ki Amiens.