- Name
- John Moger per Bengal Merchant
- Native place
- Mere, Wiltshire
- Trade
- Glazier
- Height
- 5′5″
- Age
- 25
- Complexion
- Fresh
- Head
- Large round
- Hair
- Dark brown
- Eyes
- Dark brown
- Remarks
- Black mark in front of throat; long scar back of right hand… scar centre of forehead
Moger stated that he was ‘working with his brothers Thomas and Isiah Moger Glaziers’ when he was convicted of stealing glass and transported for seven years. Moger arrived in Van Diemen’s Land in and is reported to have received the lash once, in . He also had his allowances stopped for ‘idleness’ and apparently the stoppage of his tobacco caused him to ‘misbehave frequently’.
Moger worked in a wide variety of roles — sorting potatoes, burning grass, hoeing wheat, and sometimes watching the birds on the sown lands. However, he died shortly after arriving in the colony (???? Double check)
