Wake, Nancy (1912-2011)

Also known as
Fiocca, Nancy (1912-2011)
Forward, Nancy Grace Augusta (1912-2011)
Wake, Nancy Grace Augusta (1912-)
Field of activity
Servicewoman
Libraries Australia
http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35631907
NLA Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-547384

Biographies

Nancy Wake, whom the Gestapo code-named "the White Mouse" was the Allies' most decorated servicewoman of World War II. The youngest of six children, Nancy Wake came to Australia with her parents when she was 20 months old. In the early 1930s she went first to England and then Paris as a freelance journalist and there met and married Henri Fiocca, a wealthy French industrialist. When the French government surrendered, after the German Army invaded in May 1940, Nancy Wake joined the French Resistance working as a courier and saboteur. For these 'special operations in France' Wake was awarded the George Medal (17 July 1945). Wake worked for the Intelligence Department at the British Air Ministry, after the war. She married John Forward, in 1957, before returning to Australia to live. In December 2001, Nancy Wake left Port Macquarie, New South Wales to live in Europe. On 22 February 2004 Nancy Wake was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia. The award recognises the significant contribution and commitment of Nancy Wake, stemming from her outstanding actions in wartime, in encouraging community appreciation and understanding of the past sacrifices made by Australian men and women in times of conflict, and to a lasting legacy of peace.

  • 30 August 1912 Born: daughter of C A Wake
  • 1936 - 1939 Freelance journalist Europe
  • 1939 married Henri Fiocca (dec. 1943)
  • 1940 - 1943 Member Allied Escape Route Organisation Occupied France
  • 1943 - 1945 Captain FANY
  • 1946 - 1948 Executive Officer British Foreign Office attached to Embassies Paris and Prague
  • 1952 - 1958 WRAF officer Air Ministry London (Intelligence)
  • 1957 married John Forward (dec. 1997)
  • 1985 Author of The White Mouse
  • 1988 Officer Legion d'Honneur (Chevalier 1970)
  • 2001 Left Australia to live in London
  • 22 February 2004 - Appointed Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia.

View the full record at Australian Women's Register

Resources for Nancy Wake

Selected resources (14)

Australian Women's Register

  1. The Autobiography of the Woman the Gestapo Called the White Mouse
    Wake, Nancy
    [1985]
    Published: Macmillan
  2. Timely Wake-up callSunday Herald Sun 27 : Timely Wake-up call
    Riley, Robyn
    [2004]
  3. Wartime comrades watch as White Mouse is honouredThe Age News 10 : Wartime comrades watch as White Mouse is honoured
    Mulvey, Paul
    [2004]
  4. White Mouse finally gets her gongThe Age 1 : White Mouse finally gets her gong
    Nicholson, Brendan
    [2004]
  5. Wartime spy honourHerald Sun 3 : Wartime spy honour
    [2004]
  6. Nancy Wake: A Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine
    FitzSimons, Peter
    [2001]
    Published: Harper Collins
  7. Woman in Arms: The Story of Nancy Wake
    Braddon, Russell
    [1963]
    Published: Collins
  8. Nancy Wake
    Braddon, Russell
    [1958]
    Published: Pan Books
  9. Nancy Wake: The Story of a Very Brave Woman
    Braddon, Russell
    [1956]
    Published: Quality Book Club
  10. Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
  11. Twentieth-Century Women of Courage
    Escott, Beryl E
    [1999]
    Published: Sutton Publishing
  12. Who's who in Australia 2002
    Herd, Margaret
    [2002]
    Published: Crown Content
  13. National Library of Australia Newspaper Microcopy Reading Room: [Biographical cuttings on Nancy Wake, French Resistance worker]
  14. National Library of Australia Newspaper Microcopy Reading Room: [Biographical cuttings on Nancy Wake-Forward, resistance fighter during World War II]

Resources by Nancy Wake (4)

  1. The White Mouse / Nancy Wake
    Wake, Nancy, 1912-2011
    [ Book, Audio book : 1985-2011 ]
    At 67 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 43.544)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 43.544)

  2. The autobiography of the woman the Gestapo called the White Mouse / Nancy Wake
    Wake, Nancy, 1912-2011
    [ Book, Audio book : 1985-1998 ]
    At 85 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 43.506)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 43.506)

  3. Nancy Wake : codename, the White Mouse / produced by Neil Brown, Nancy Wake
    White Mouse Film Productions
    [ Video : 1987-1993 ]
    At 16 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.127)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.127)

  4. Olive Weston : the heroic life of a World War II nurse / Peter Fenton ; foreword by Nancy Wake
    Fenton, Peter, 1936-
    [ Book, Audio book : 1968-2006 ]
    At 104 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.366)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.366)

Resources about Nancy Wake (10)

  1. The White Mouse / Nancy Wake
    Wake, Nancy, 1912-2011
    [ Book, Audio book : 1985-2011 ]
    At 67 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 43.181)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 43.181)

  2. The autobiography of the woman the Gestapo called the White Mouse / Nancy Wake
    Wake, Nancy, 1912-2011
    [ Book, Audio book : 1985-1998 ]
    At 85 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 43.144)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 43.144)

  3. Nancy Wake : codename, the White Mouse / produced by Neil Brown, Nancy Wake
    White Mouse Film Productions
    [ Video : 1987-1993 ]
    At 16 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.407)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.407)

  4. Nancy Wake : a biography of our greatest war heroine / Peter FitzSimons
    FitzSimons, Peter
    [ Audio book, Book : 2001-2011 ]
    Possibly online
    At 139 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 19.337)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 19.337)

  5. Nancy Wake : the story of a very brave woman / Russell Braddon
    Braddon, Russell, 1921-1995
    [ Book : 1956-1976 ]
    At 44 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.317)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.317)

  6. Nancy Wake
    Braddon, Russell
    [ Book, Audio book : 1956-1990 ]
    Languages: English, Chinese, Dutch, Undetermined
    At 25 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.754)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.754)

  7. Nancy Wake : SOE's greatest heroine / Russell Braddon
    Braddon, Russell
    [ Book : 1956-2009 ]
    At 23 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.619)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 9.619)

  8. Nancy Wake : a biography of our greatest war heroine 1912-2011 / Peter FitzSimons
    FitzSimons, Peter
    [ Book : 2011 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.291)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.291)

  9. Woman in arms / Russell Braddon
    Braddon, Russell, 1921-1995
    [ Book : 1963-1989 ]
    At 5 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.423)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.423)

  10. Nancy Wake : the inspiring story of one of the war's greatest heroines / Peter FitzSimons
    FitzSimons, Peter
    [ Book : 2001-2002 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.086)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.086)

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  1. NANCY WAKE'S PLANS
    Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954) Thursday 7 June 1951 p 9 Article
    ... NANCY WAKE'S PLANS Sydney.-Mrs. - Mrs. Nancy Wake, who will leave soon for England, 'thanked the members of the Liberal Youth Club for the help they gave her campaign in the last Federal elections. ... Federation House. Mrs. Wake, who as Libe- ral candidate was narrowly defeated for the Barton seat, (told ... 104 words
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  2. Nancy Wake Criticises Blackouts
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    ... Nancy Wake Criticises Blackouts Sydney.-Mrs. - Mrs. Nancy Wake, Liberal candidate for Barton, said at an election meeting that the Federal authorities should deal with blackouts, if the State was unable to do so. "If something is not done about blackouts soon maybe the Aus- tralian women will run ... 109 words
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    ... NANCY WAKE IN LONDON London. August 5.-Mrs. Nancy Wake, 35, former French underground member ber who nearly beat Dr. H. V. Evatt at the recent Australian Federal election, has arrived in London for a holiday She said that next time she expects to beat Dr. Evatt. ... 46 words
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