Aussie war heroine dies

NANCY WAKE, Australia’s greatest World War II heroine and a prominent figure in the French Resistance known as the “The White Mouse” for her ability to evade the Germans, has died in London.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the woman who was once the Gestapo’s most wanted person, was “a devastatingly effective saboteur and spy”.

“Nancy Wake was a woman of exceptional courage and resourcefulness whose daring exploits saved the lives of hundreds of Allied personnel and helped bring the Nazi occupation of France to an end.”

Wake, died in a London hospital on Sunday just days short of her 99th birthday.