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Name	Sir Willis Henry Connolly
Born	25 November, 1901 Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Died	13 February, 1981 (aged 79) St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation or Descriptor *	public servant (1921-1971) Victoria, Australia electrical engineer (1922-1971) Victoria, Australia public service head (1956-1971) Victoria, Australia
Awards	Kernot Memorial medal (University of Melbourne) (recipient, 1957) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1962) Peter Nicol Russell Memorial medal (Institution of Engineers, Australia) (recipient, 1968) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1971) Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (recipient, 1980)
Legacies *	Sir Willis Connolly Memorial Medal (Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Barbarians (Vic) (member)

* Dates are approximate