Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hobbs ipapo akasimudzirwa kuva brigadier general ndokuitwa Companion of the Order of the Bath. Muna March 1916 akaenda ne 1st Australian Division kuFrance, uye akanga ari mutungamiri weAustralia artillery apo Pozières yakabatwa. Muna December 1916 akatora murairo we 5th Australian Division uye akaitwa mukuru mukuru muna January. Iri divi rakanga riri pakati pokurwisana muchirimo cha1917, uye muna September rakazviratidza paPolygon Wood. Vashandi vacho vakashanda zvakanaka pamwe chete, uye vakawana rukundo rukuru. Hobbs akagadzwa zvose zviri zviviri Knight Commander yeOrder yeBhati uye Knight Commander yeOrder yeSt Michael neSt George musi wa 1 Ndira 1918. Pakupera kwaApril boka rake rakarwa muHondo yechipiri yeVillers-Bretonneux
, izvo zvichida zvakabatsira kuti maGermany arege kushanda kuAmiens.