 Complete the following phrase:  Born in Hunters Hill, Sydney, and educated locally, Gibbs was employed by the Australian Gas Light Company AGL as a shipping clerk for forty-five years. During the Second World War, he enlisted as a private in the Second Australian Imperial Force in February 1942 and served with the 35th Battalion on home defence and patrolling duties in Sydney and Western Australia for two years. The battalion was deployed to New Guinea in January 1944 for service in the 