Monday, August 8, 2011

Vale White Mouse - Bravest of the Brave

Nancy Wake has just died aged 98. Words are superfluous. The actions of this extraordinary woman are her legacy to history. For sixty years, Australia disgracefully refused to recognise her wartime achievements and only in 2004 was she finally accorded her birth nation's highest honour.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Wake

"The White Mouse", Portrait by Robert Hannaford