Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Hoffmeister ya halarci kwasa-kwasan Junior War Staff na Kanada a Kwalejin Soja ta Royal na Kanada a Kingston, Ontario. A shekarar 1942, an daukaka shi zuwa Laftanar Kanal. A cikin 1943, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Distinguished Service Order (DSO) yayin da yake yaƙi a Sicily
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya karbi Bar zuwa DSO a shekara mai zuwa.