LABORATORY COAT

White cotton drill laboratory coat. Long sleeves, button front with removable buttons, two of which are missing. Two front patch pockets and a breast patch pocket. Two side slits to give access to trouser pockets. Tape hanging hook inside back neck and an embroidered label in red, white, and blue which reads: 'TWO PILLAR BRAND / REGD / illustration of two crossed Union Jack flags / GUARANTEED BRITISH MAKE / 44 / WARRANTED SHRUNK'. Written on the inside of the back at the top in black ink: 'BANNISTER / CSIRO (FISH) / W.A. MUSEUM'. This laboratory coat was first used by John Bannister while a student at Oxford University in England. He wore it throughout his career and finally retired it in 1988 when he acquired a new one. John Leonard Bannister, born April 20th 1937, started work at the W.A. Museum in 1967 as Curator of Mammals after spending three years with the C.S.I.R.O. Department of Fisheries and Oceanography. He was Deputy Director of the Museum from 1971 to 1975 and Director from 1975 to 1991 when he retired. Full details of career can be seen in Who's Who in Australia, 1988, page 92.

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