NANCY WAKE

(Nancy Grace Augusta Wake)


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Nancy Wake
  • Born: August 30, 1912
  • Died: August 7, 2011
  • Nationality: New Zealander
  • Profession: Soldier
Biography

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, AC, GM (also known as Nancy Fiocca) was a New Zealand-born nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, and briefly pursued a post-war career as an intelligence officer in the Air Ministry. The official historian of the SOE, M.R.D. Foot, said that "her irrepressible, infectious, high spirits were a joy to everyone who worked with her".

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