Nancy Wake

Nancy Wake left Australia in her early twenties and settled in Paris where she became a freelance journalist. For her outstanding work during World War II she was awarded the George Medal; the Croix de Guerre with Palm and Bar; the Croix de Guerre with Star; the Medaille de la Resistance; and the American Medal of Freedom with Bronze Palm; and she was made a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. She wrote an autobiography, The White Mouse. Peter Fitzsimons also wrote an autobiography of Nancy entitled Nancy Wake which HarperCollins published. Nancy was appointed a Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia in 2004.

Nancy Wake died in 2017.