Hello Folks,
Ron ‘Gunner’ Lynch received that sobriquet sometime in the 1950’s and I remember it from then. It was a nick-name drawn from “I am going to do this (or that)” and suited the Australian jargon of the day.
I don’t think Ronnie was a Gunner in the sense of firing artillery, although his speech could be at the speed of a machinegun.
Regards
Bob Sherwood
Perth Western Australia