Percy Frederic Hunt

Percy Frederic Hunt

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Percy Frederic Hunt (died 1901) was a British officer who was killed during the Second Boer War best known for his relationship with Breaker Morant.
Hunt was engaged to a woman whose sister was engaged to Morant. The two men served together in the Bushveldt Carbineers. Hunt's death at the hands of the Boers reportedly inspired a revenge killing from Morant which led to the latter's execution.
In the film Breaker Morant Hunt was played by Terence Donovan, although he was renamed Simon Hunt.