Emile Devreux, the Mayor of Charleroi, thanks Lieutenant General Sir JJ Talbot Hobbs on behalf of the people of the municipality for the part the Australians had played in the liberation of Belgium, 14 May 1919. Hobbs took over the Australian Corps from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig after the war ended. AWM E05229
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