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He was educated in London and worked as Draughtsman for a builder, John Hurst. In 1886 he emigrated to Western Australia and established an architectural practice in Perth in 1887 . He designed many of the well known public buildings in Perth and Fremantle and was President of the Western Australian Institute of Architects from 1909 to 1911 . Hobbs also had a distinguished military career, seeing action in Egypt , Gallipoli and France during World War I . Originally an artillery commander, he briefly commanded the Australian 1st Division at Gallipoli. On January 1 , 1917 he was promoted to Major General and took command of the Australian 5th Division . He attained the rank of Lieutenant General and was created Knight Commander Of The Bath (KCB) in 1918 and Knight Commander Of St Michael And St George (KCMG) in 1919 . After the Armistice , Hobbs decided to return to his former profession, architecture. With a keen interest in the construction of war memorials Hobbs was responsible for designing the West Australian War Memorial in Kings Park , Perth. He died of a heart attack while en route to the unveiling of a war memorial built to his design at Villers-Bretonneux, a French town recaptured under his command in World War I. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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