Killed between the Lamone River and the Senio River in northern Italy. During the successful capture and crossing by two platoons of Dog Company of a bridge across the Fosse Vecchio Lt. Hoffman was caught in mortar fire. The platoons were then ordered to withdraw as the follow-up by the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment and flanking by the RCR both failed their objectives. The Official Historian recorded – “A fine display of initiative by the 48th Highlanders’ forward company resulted in the seizure intact of the more northerly of the two Vecchio bridges, but the Hastings, who failed to exploit this success … the armoured cars of the Royal Canadian Dragoons could not get forward in time.”