Running away from home At the age of 16 Nancy ran away from home to work as a nurse in the country. At the age of two, she and her family moved to Australia. Nancy Grace Augusta Wake (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011) known as the "White Mouse", was an Australian who worked as a spy for the British in World War II.At one time she was on the top of the Gestapo's most wanted list.

In 1939 Nancy married French industrialist Henri Fiocca who was killed during the War. She became a leading figure in the maquis groups of the French Resistance and was one of the Allies' most decorated servicewomen of the war. She was one of the most highly decorated agents of the second world war. Wake and her siblings lived their childhoods in poverty and instability. Wake was born on August 30, 1912 in Wellington, New Zealand. Wake was born in 1912 in New Zealand, and ran away from home at … Wake's father left the family shortly for a filming job back in New Zealand, and her mother was left with the burden of raising 6 children. Here are some facts about Nancy Wake. She also worked for the French Resistance network.
Nancy Wake was born in New Zealand but her family moved to Australia when she was 2. She was the youngest of six children. She left home at 16 and traveled to London, New York and Pari Nancy Wake could have been a descendant of Hereward for all I knew.

Nancy Wake, a prominent figure in the French Resistance during the Second World War, was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 30 August 1912. Apr 23, 1932. The youngest of six children, Nancy Wake was born in New Zealand in 1912 but soon moved with her family to Sydney, Australia. She grew up at Neutral Bay, Sydney, where the family had settled. She spent her childhood in Sydney and after her studies she traveled to Europe where she worked as a journalist. Nancy Wake was born in 1912 in Wellington, New Zealand and suffered a broken home after the family moved to Australia. Her biography, Nancy Wak e by Australian journalist and rugby personality Peter Fitzsimons, strongly records her edge lineage: The official historian of the SOE, M.R.D. Peter FitzSimons wrote a biography about Nancy Wake and says the Australian war heroine was a force of nature. The most decorated servicewoman of the conflict, she was code-named White Mouse, was a recipient of the George Medal, and was once the most wanted person in Europe. Move to Sydney The Wake family moves to Sydney for her fathers editing job on a local newspaper Sep 11, 1928. Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011) (also known as Nancy Fiocca) worked for the Pat O'Leary escape line and the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France for the Allies during World War II. In Nazi Germany she saw the rise of Adolf Hitler and Anti-Semitism. Nancy Grace Augusta Wake AC, GM (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011) served as a British agent during the later part of World War II. Nancy Grace Augusta Wake was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on August 30 1912, the youngest in a family of six. The family moved to Australia in 1914 and after being educated in Sydney she travelled to Europe where she worked as a journalist.