Katrina Zepps
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Katrina Zepps MBE (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.[1]
She trained at the Red Cross Hospital in Jelgava, Latvia.[2] Her Australian naturalisation papers were cleared while she was working in Tully, Queensland.[3]
In 1967, she was appointed acting administrator of the New South Wales College of Nursing.[4]
In 1977, she received an Australian MBE for her services to nursing.[5][6]
Katrina Zepps was born on 15 November 1918 at Glukhov, Ukraine.[7] She was the daughter of Alexander and Praskovia Chalders, Latvian refugees from WWI. The family returned to Latvia in 1922, where her father became prison governor at Jelgava.
