HUPPATZ, Rosa Zelma
| Service Number: | SX1490 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 December 1939, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Riverton, SA, 20 July 1906 |
| Home Town: | Riverton, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Riverton & District High School |
| Occupation: | Nursing Sister |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Adelaide, SA, 13 December 1982, aged 76 years |
| Cemetery: |
Peters Hill Huppatz Lutheran Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Riverton & District High School Roll of Honor WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Dec 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant Colonel, SX1490, 2nd/2nd Australian General Hospital, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 18 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, SX1490, 2nd/2nd Australian General Hospital, Adelaide, SA | |
| 1 Aug 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, SX1490 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of Frederick Carl HUPPATZ, "Marimba" Riverton, SA
Rosa completed her nursing training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1932 and was appointed a Charge Nurse in the same year - a position she held for 5 years prior to enlisting.
In 1939 she enlisted in the Army Nursing Service and on her return to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1946, was appointed Assistant Matron. Her next promotion was to Deputy Matron in 1954 – then Matron in 1955, until her retirement in 1966.
Two top awards of note were the Florence Nightingale Medal in 1963 (awarded by the International Order of the Red Cross), and the OBE for Services to Nursing in 1965.
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