Herman Moll (convict)

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Herman Joseph Moll (c. 1837–1882) was a convict transported to Western Australia. He was one of only four such convicts to be elected to the prestigious and respected position of member of a local Education Board.

Born in Germany, he was a 24 year old "London man of business"^[1] when convicted of forging and uttering in 1861. Sentenced to ten years' penal servitude, he was transported to Western Australia on board the York, arriving in December 1862. He received his ticket of leave about two years later, and found work as a clerk and accountant for John Monger. He was eventually promoted to manager of Monger's York business. In 1874, Moll was elected to the local Board of Education, a prestigious and respected position attained by only three other ex-convicts: Daniel Connor, Malachi Meagher and James Hasleby. He served only one or two years, resigning to accept the management of Monger's business in Perth. While in Perth he married Agnes Roe, daughter of James Elphinstone Roe. In 1880, Moll moved to Cossack to manage the business of Macroe and Co. Two years later he broke a leg and died of complications.

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1. ^ Erickson, Rica (1983). "James Elphinstone Roe: Schoolmaster and Journalist", in Erickson, Rica: The Brand on His Coat: Biographies of Some Western Australian Convicts. Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press, 301–321. ISBN 0-85564-223-8. 

Persondata
NAME	Moll, Herman Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	convict
DATE OF BIRTH	c. 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH	Germany
DATE OF DEATH	1882
PLACE OF DEATH	Cossack, Western Australia