WALT: Write a biography about a famous New Zealander.
Nancy was born on Aug. 30, 1912, in Wellington, New Zealand and moved to Australia when she was 2. At the age of 16 Nancy went overseas to travel the world. She went to Australia at age 20. She traveled to London, New York and Paris, and Nancy Wake worked manning the dangerous escape routes through France helping to save the lives of many Allied troops, airpilots, aircrew, and Jewish refugees .
She trained in the arts of espionage and (SOE) sabotage, learning crucial survival skills, weapon handling, hand-to-hand combat and secret codes.
After the war she was awarded the George Medal and US Medal for Freedom with Palm and the French Medaille de la Resistance. In 1988 she was awarded the French Chevalier of the Legion of Honour and, in 2004, she was finally appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia.
Tough times in her life included was that her husband going missing and she pretended to be a house wife.
Nancy Wake died on 7 August 2011, aged 98, at Kingston Hospital after being admitted with a chest infection. She had requested that her ashes be scattered in central France.
Her beliefs were that people should be treated fairly and live freely. She believed is risking her life for others. Wake worked manning the dangerous escape routes through France helping to save the lives of many Allied troops and Jewish refugees.
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Kia ora Nijesh. Ka pai on writing an interesting biography about this amazing lady, Nancy Wake.
You have included lots of interesting facts and stories from different areas of her life. I would have liked you to explain Nancy’s tougher times in greater detail as they were very inspiring stories.
Keep up the good mahi.
Mrs Hastie