Nancy Wake


Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, AC, GM (30 Agustus 1912 – 7 Agustus 2011) (juga dikenal sebagai Nancy Fiocca) adalah seorang perawat dan jurnalis Selandia Baru. Ia ikut serta menjadi Pemberontak Prancis dan kemudian Special Operations Executive (SOE) pada Perang Dunia II, dan sempat berkarir singkat pada masa setelah perang sebagai perwira intelijensi dalam Kementerian Udara.

Nancy Wake
Wake pada 1945
JulukanHélène (SOE)
Andrée (Pemberontak Prancis/Identitas SOE)
Tikus Putih (Gestapo di Prancis)
Lahir(1912-08-30)30 Agustus 1912
Wellington, Selandia Baru
Meninggal7 Agustus 2011(2011-08-07) (umur 98)
London, Inggris
Pengabdian France
 United Kingdom
Dinas/cabangSpecial Operations Executive
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
Lama dinas1943–1945 (SOE)
PangkatKapten
KesatuanFreelance
Perang/pertempuranPerang Dunia Kedua
PenghargaanCompanion of the Order of Australia
George Medal
Officer of the Legion of Honour (Prancis)
Croix de guerre (Prancis)
Médaille de la Résistance (Prancis)
Medal of Freedom (Amerika Serikat)
RSA Badge in Gold (Selandia Baru)
PasanganHenri Fiocca (w. 1943)
John Forward

Catatan

Referensi

  • Braddon, Russell. Nancy Wake: The Story of a Very Brave Woman, Quality Book Club, Cassell & Co. Ltd: London, 1956.
  • Braddon, Russell. Nancy Wake, Pan Books, London; Sydney, 1958.
  • Braddon, Russell. Woman in Arms: The Story of Nancy Wake, Collins, London, 1963.
  • Dennis, Peter; Grey, Jeffrey; Morris, Ewan; Prior, Robin (1995), The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-553227-9 
  • FitzSimons, Peter. Nancy Wake: A Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine, HarperCollins, Pymble, New South Wales, 2002,ISBN 0-00-714401-6.
  • Wake, Nancy. Autobiography of the Woman the Gestapo Called the White Mouse, Macmillan: South Melbourne, 1985, ISBN 0-7251-0755-3.
  • RTE 1 radio documentary, "Nancy Wake and Harry Potter", first broadcast 9-Aug-2011
  • "Son and heir in Labor stronghold", Sydney Morning Herald, 12 October 2006 [1]
  • "Finally, Nancy gets her gong", Sydney Morning Herald, 3 March 2004 [2]
  • "Her only regret:not killing more Nazis", Capital Times, Wellington, 2 June 2010, accessible at Internet Archive [3]
  • "White Mouse war legend back where she started", The Dominion Post, Wellington, 4 June 2010 [4]

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