Nancy Wake

Migrating to Australia from New Zealand as an infant, Nancy grew up in the Northern suburbs of Sydney.
At the age of 16, Nancy ran away from home, travelling to New York City and on to London where she trained herself as a journalist.
Settling in Paris, and working for the Hearst group of newspapers. In her journalism role, she witnessed first hand the rise of German Fascism, creating a desire within to oppose Nazism.

Nancy met and married her husband Henri Fiocca, and together after Germany's invasion of France, they joined the French Resistance in 1940.

Nancy and her husband assisted Allied servicemen and Jewish refugees escape from France into Spain. Fearful of being caught, Nancy escaped to England where she trained as a spy. Shortly afterwards her husband was tortured and killed by members of the Nazi Regime.
Returning to France, Nancy's role was to supply the Resistance with supplies and weapons and establish a line of radio communication between England and France.

Nancy became known as the White Mouse and was placed on the Nazi's Most Wanted list for her role as a spy and member of the Resistance.
Following the War, Nancy returned to Australia and made an attempt to run for Parliament as a member of the Liberal Party.

Defeated she returned to England and met her second husband, Australian RAF Officer John Forward. Together they returned to Australia and settled in Port Macquarie, where they lived until his death in 1997.

In 2001, Nancy returned to England where she remained until her death in 2011.