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    Colour sergeant (CSgt or C/Sgt) is a rank of non-commissioned officer found in several armies and marine corps. In the Australian Army, the rank of colour...
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    and the military colour is generally carried by a young officer (ensign), while experienced non-commissioned officers (colour sergeants) are assigned to...
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  • term "sergeant" is also used in many appointment titles. Chief sergeant Chief master sergeant Colour sergeant Command sergeant major Company sergeant First...
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    clarified in 1747 that sergeants had to wear their sashes around the waist. From 1768, the sergeant's waist sash had stripes of facing colour  – one (until 1825)...
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    collected their colour during the ceremony, as 'Escort TO the Colour'). At the outset, the colour is held by the Colour Party – a colour sergeant and two other...
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  • appointment if held. The equivalent rank in infantry regiments is colour sergeant, and holders are known by that title no matter what their appointment...
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    rank structure. It is equivalent to a staff sergeant or colour sergeant in the British Army, a colour sergeant in the Royal Marines, and a chief petty officer...
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    the Royal Regiment of Artillery as a Battery Sergeant Major (BSM). By 1913, there were two colour sergeants in each infantry company. On 1 October 1913...
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  • The orderly room sergeant (ORS), orderly room colour sergeant (ORCS) or orderly room quartermaster sergeant (ORQMS) is the chief clerk of an infantry battalion...
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  • a sergeant major appointment, as well as a number of staff sergeant and colour sergeant appointments. In the British Army, quartermaster sergeants are...
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