Percy Frederick Hunt

Captain Percy Frederic Hunt (28 May 1873 – 6 August 1901) was French-born, British army officer who was killed during the Second Boer War. He is best known for his relationship with Breaker Morant.

Early life
Hunt was born on May 28, 1873 in Pau, France to

Friendship with Harry Morant
Hunt and Morant are likely to have met in Pretoria sometime between July-November 1900, just after Morant's service in the South Australian Mounted Rifles had been completed. They developed a friendship over time, and eventually Hunt invited Morant to join the recently formed, Bushveldt Carbineers in April, 1901.

Death
In July, 1901, Reverend Fritz Reuter and his family of the Medingen Mission Station visited Fort Edward, with the intention of reporting that Veldcornet Barend Viljoen's Commando were present at Duiwelskloof in Northern Transvaal and were harassing local farmers. In response, Captain Hunt ordered a detachment under Sergeant, A. Cecil to protect the missionary and his family.

Upon learning that the patrol had been ambushed at the station, Captain Hunt departed Fort Edward with the Bushveldt Carbineers, with the inclusion of Tony Schiel, an intelligence scout for Captain Alfred Taylor, for the Medingen Station with the intention of ambushing it.

on 6 August 1901.

Aftermath and effect on 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.