Nancy Wake
New Zealander and Australian war heroine · New Zealand · On the map · Journalists · Lived 1912 to 2011 · aged 98
Nancy Grace Augusta Wake,, also known as Madame Fiocca and Nancy Fiocca, was a New Zealand-born Australian nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, and briefly pursued a postwar career as an intelligence officer in the Air Ministry.
Nancy Wake is read about 542 times a day, in 37 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 1 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
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2011Died7 August 20112006RSA Badge in GoldAward2004Companion of the Order of AustraliaAward1988Officer of the Legion of HonourAward1947Medal of FreedomAwardResistance MedalAward1945George MedalAward1912Born30 August 1912
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Country
New Zealand
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 2011 · aged 98
