Percy Herbert Bonnet (25 July 1896 - 11 October 1987) was an Australian

surveyor Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. A land surveying professional is ca ...

who served as the seventh

Surveyor-General A surveyor general is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory. Historically, this would often have been a military appointment, but it is now more likely to be a civilian post. The following surveyor gen ...

of the

Federated Malay States )Under God's Protection , capital = Kuala Lumpur1 , religion = Islam , legislature = Federal Legislative Council , type_house1 = State level , common_languages = , title_leader = Monarch , leader1 ...

, from 1945 to 1949. Percy Herbert Bonnet was born on 25 July 1896 in

Bundaberg Bundaberg is a city in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, and is the tenth largest city in the state. Bundaberg's regional area has a population of 70,921, and is a major centre of the Wide Bay–Burnett geographical region. The Bun ...

, Queensland, the son of Francois Michel Ivanoe Bonnet and Sarah Elizabeth née Caset. He was enlisted in the

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for service abroad on 29 January 1916, at age 19. He was a surveyor apprentice for three years. He was appointed the District Surveyor of Seremban (Negeri Sembilan Revenue Survey Branch) on 8 September 1923 and subsequently transferred to Selangor Revenue Survey Branch on 23 January 1924. He then worked as surveyor in Johore in 1926 and as assistant Superintendent of Survey Kulim, Kedah in 1934. Bonnet was appointed the

of the

on 25 September 1945, retiring from office on 28 September 1949. He died on 11 October 1987 in Queensland, Australia.

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People from Bundaberg Administrators in British Malaya 1896 births 1987 deaths Australian expatriates Expatriates in British Malaya {{Australia-bio-stub