Katrina Zepps
Nurse, nurse educator and refugee.
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| Intro | Nurse, nurse educator and refugee. | |
| Places | Australia | |
| was | Nurse | |
| Work field | Healthcare | |
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| Birth | 15 November 1918 | |
| Death | 8 July 1980 (aged 61 years) |
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Katrina Zepps (15 November 1918 – 8 July 1980) was an Australian nurse (general), nurse educator and refugee. She was born in Hlukhiv (then part of the Russian Empire now of Ukraine) and died in Turramurra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
She trained at the Red Cross Hospital in Jelgava, Latvia. Her Australian naturalisation papers were cleared while she was working in Tully Queensland
In 1967 she was appointed acting administrator of the New South Wales College of Nursing
In 1977 she received an Australian MBE for her services to nursing