 Born in Wellington, New Zealand on 23 July 1943, he was named after his father's brother Glyn, who was embarking that same day with the New Zealand armed forces to fight in the Italian campaign against Mussolini and Hitler.The family would call them Big Glyn and Little Glyn.Later in life the elder Glyn would achieve celebrity status as a New Zealand television personality, so Little Glyn became known as Glyn Tucker Jnr during the 1970-80s.