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The following list provides examples of the variety of occupations in which a sergeant could be employed. Many of these positions were of significant importance and standing and the chance to attain them was one of the attractions of joining the Company's army rather than the King's/Queen's army.<ref>Most of the information in this section comes from this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2000-04/0954667043 April 2000 post] by Peter Bailey </ref>
*Arrack Godown Sergeant (arrack or arak, a coarse spirit distilled from grain, rice, sugar cane etc; godown, a warehouse)
*Barrack Sergeant<ref>A Barrack Serjeant was attached to the Public Works Department [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7iYYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA78 in 1828 at Cawnpore]; The responsibilities of the Barrack Department in the [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9IADAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA119 UK in 1867] Google Books</ref>
*Bazar (or Bazaar) Sergeant
*Bullock Sergeant. An early form of Transport Sergeant responsible for organising the contracting of bullock carts in support of troop movements.<ref>A document forwarded by email dated 1 July 2010 to User:Maureene accessed “a while ago” from the website [http://www.rlc-conductor.info rlc-conductor.info] , but not apparently accessible at 3 July 2010</ref>
*Engineering Sergeant-Major
*Garrison Sergeant
*Hospital Sergeant<ref>Hospital Serjeant is mentioned in the following books in respect of the British Army, but the duties may have been similar in India.[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=db9CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA75 1813],[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sRgNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA28 1856], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=l1ABAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA39 1863], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tFMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA32 1864] Google Books</ref>
*Key Sergeant
*Laboratory Sergeant
