Gutnick's father, Rabbi Shneur Chaim HaKohen Gutnick, was born in the Ukraine, studied in Lithuania until 1940 when the country was annexed by the Soviet Union and came to Cairns, Australia in 1941.
Gutnick's father, Rabbi Shneur Chaim HaKohen Gutnick, was born in Zolotonosha, Ukraine, in 1921. He studied at the Telshe yeshiva in Lithuania until 1940 when the country was annexed by the Soviet Union and, via the far east, came to Cairns, Australia in 1941.