 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akaberekerwa muHunters Hill, kuSydney, uye akadzidza munharaunda iyoyo, Gibbs akashandiswa neAustralia Gas Light Company AGL somunyori anotakura zvinhu kwemakore makumi mana nemashanu. Munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, akanyoresa sechikamu chechipiri muAustralia Imperial Force muna Kukadzi 1942 uye akashanda ne35th Battalion pakudzivirirwa kwemusha uye mabasa ekufambisa muSydney neWestern Australia kwemakore maviri. Bhatani racho rakaendeswa kuNew Guinea muna January 1944 kuti rinoshanda muhondo yeHuon Peninsula, asi ruzivo rwaGibbs rwokune dzimwe nyika rwakanga rwuri rwechinguvana. Akatyoka gumbo rake pazuva raakasvika, uye akapedza nguva yakareba ari muzvipatara muNew Guinea neAustralia. Achibudiswa muchiuto muna December 1944, akadzokera kubasa rake neAGL. Musi wa 21 Gumiguru 1971, Mutungamiri weBritain akazivisa kuti menduru yaAlbert yaizomiswa uye vanogamuchira vapenyu kubva zvino zvichienda mberi vaizoonekwa sevanobata George Cross. Vanogamuchira vakapiwa mukana wekuchinjana zviratidzo izvo Gibbs akatora uye akagamuchira chiratidzo cheGeorge Cross kubva kuna Mambokadzi Elizabeth II paBuckingham Palace muna 1972. Vane makore 82, Gibbs akafira muBondi, New South Wales, muna 1991. 