About Robert Connell
Lived 1867 – 1956 (aged 88–89). Robert Connell was a police officer.
Robert Connell (1867–1956) was Commissioner of Police for the state of Western Australia between 1913 and 1933, after joining the WA Police in 1886.
He was born to Anne, née Burliegh (sic), at Waterville, County Kerry, Ireland, on 19 December 1867. His father, Lot Connell, served in the Irish Coast Guard.
Connell was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1932.
He retired to Albany and died in Perth on 11 June 1956.
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(1867-1956) police commissioner of Western Australia
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Robert Connell was a police officer.
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