[4] Gibson was educated at the University of St Andrews, where he played for the football team and graduated with an M.A.
[4][5] Prior to the First World War, he emigrated to New Zealand and became a teacher at Napier Boys' High School.
[4] On 18 January 1915, six months after the outbreak of the First World War, Gibson enlisted as a private in the Auckland Infantry Battalion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
[3][4][6] On 4 September 1915, whilst fighting in the Gallipoli campaign, Gibson was wounded in the ribs and chest by shrapnel and was evacuated to the hospital ship HMHS Salta.
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