Honours
Wake was appointed a Chevalier (knight) of the
Legion of Honour in 1970 and was promoted to Officer of the Legion of Honour in 1988.
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Initially, she refused offers of decorations from Australia, saying: "The last time there was a suggestion of that I told the government they could stick their medals where the monkey stuck his nuts. The thing is if they gave me a medal now, it wouldn't be love so I don't want anything from them."
[22] It was not until February 2004, that Wake received the
Companion of the Order of Australia.
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In April 2006, she was awarded the
Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association's highest honour,
[24] the RSA Badge in Gold.
[25] Wake's medals are on display in the Second World War gallery at the
Australian War Memorial Museum in Canberra.
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On 3 June 2010, a "heritage pylon" paying tribute to Wake was unveiled on Oriental Parade in Wellington, New Zealand, near the place of her birth.
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