Facts: - battles: second world war - allegiance: united kingdom - death date: 1997 - commands: master-general 6th field regiment royal artillery of the ordnance vice-chief of the defence staff - awards: knight officer of the order of the british empire grand cross of the order of the bath - birth date: 21 september 1917 - serviceyears: 1939 -- 1977 - name: sir john gibbon - branch: united kingdom - rank: general Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john gibbon -lrb- british army officer -rrb- .
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general sir john houghton gibbon -lrb- 21 september 1917 -- 1997 -rrb- was a british soldier who became master-general of the ordnance .