Percy Frederick Hunt
Captain Percy Frederick Hunt (28 May 1873 – 6 August 1901) was a British officer who was killed during the Second Boer War. He is 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.[1][2][3][4]
In the film Breaker Morant, Hunt was played by Terence Donovan, although he was renamed Simon Hunt.
References
- ^ R. K. Todd, 'Morant, Harry Harbord (Breaker) (1864–1902)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/morant-harry-harbord-breaker-7649/text13377, published first in hardcopy 1986, accessed online 1 December 2016.
- ^ "THE SHOOTING OF AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS". Evening News. No. 10, 858. New South Wales, Australia. 31 March 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 1 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH". Evening Journal (Adelaide). Vol. XXXIV, , no. 9749. South Australia. 4 April 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 1 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "The Witton Case". The Daily News. Vol. XXIII, , no. 9071. Western Australia. 8 June 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 1 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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