 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna January 1938, Hibbert akagadzwa muRoyal Artillery. Musi wa9 September 1939, mazuva asingasviki gumi pashure pokupinda kweGermany muPoland, akasvika muCherbourg, France, neBritish Expeditionary Force. Pairwiwa Hondo yeDunkirk, aitungamirira hafu yebhatiri iyo yakadzivirira muganhu wokuchamhembe weAllies kwamazuva mana. Pana 1 June 1940, zvombo zvake zvakapera, uye akamanikidzwa kuparadza zvombo zvake. Achibudiswa muDunkirk ari mungarava inodhonzera ngarava Sun X, Hibbert akanongedzerwa kwaari mumashoko airondedzera zviito zvake zvinorumbidzwa mukutarisana nomuvengi uye akatumirwa kumukuru mukuru. 