Alexander "Alec" VOEGE, b. 1878, Maryborough, Victoria, son of Klaus VOEGE & Mary Ann Lucy STANNARD, came to "Rifle Downs" near Digby, S-W Victoria from Euroa as a boy and took up shearing and post splitting before he married Flora ALLARDICE, b. 1873 Digby, Victoria, daughter of George Charles Cheape ALLARDICE and Ann BRUNTON.

Alexander & Flora VOEGE are both buried in the Digby cemetery, S-W Victoria.

Alexander VOEGE and Flora ALLARDICE had the following children...

1. Rupert Lindsay Roy VOEGE b. 1897, Digby, S-W Victoria, d. 1982, Casterton, S-W Victoria;

   

2. George Claus VOEGE (aka Colin CAMERON) b. 1900, Digby, S-W Victoria, d. 1968, Jerramungup (Albany-Esperance), Western Australia, m. Margaret "Doreen" DOYLE
   
   • WW1 1st AIF, 4th Light Horse, enlisted 7-10-1916
   • "charger" in the Light Horse Charge at Beersheba, Palestine in 1917,
   • RTA 15-06-19
   • Digby Avenue of Honour Tree No 27, planted by Miss Doris CAMERON
   • Glenorchy Estate Soldier Settler
   • George VOEGE moved to Western Australia, changed his name to Colin CAMERON prior to enlisting in WW2, served with distinction, ending the war as Major Colin CAMERON 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion and spent time as a POW of the Japanese in south-east Asia. He was in charge of a Soldier Settlement scheme in the 1950s in S-W Western Australia.
   • mentioned in Rohan Rivett's book "Behind Bamboo" (1945) and Les Cody's book "Ghosts in Khaki" (1997), history of 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion.

3. Alexander Oswald "Ossie" VOEGE b. 1903, Digby, S-W Victoria, d. 1989, Robinvale, Victoria, m. Eva Ethel MACKLEY, b. 1907 Natimuk, S-W Victoria ; lived for many years at Euston, NSW;

4. Esther Rose Mamie VOEGE b. 1907, Digby, S-W Victoria, m. Robert Stephen STAFFORD....;

5. Gerald Allardice Richard "Dick" VOEGE b. 1910, Digby, S-W Victoria, d. 1984, Mildura, Victoria, m. Doris Jean OLIVER, b. 1917 South Australia
   • WW2 service with 4th Anti-Tank Regt., 2nd AIF
   • enlisted 17-04-1941 along with other members of the Mildura Pipe Band (Bill Brown, Bob Powis, Dave Powis, Ern Clifford, Stan Newton, Jim Oliver, Colin McDonald, Johnny Hannah, Don Scott)
   • Discharged 24-01-1946
   • Japanese POW, Changi (Singapore), Thai-Burma Railway
   • Some of his POW experiences in Mick Irwin's book "Kicking with the Wind" (1984).

6. Lawrence Digby "Laurie" VOEGE b. 1912, Digby, S-W Victoria, d. 1939 Mount Helena (near Mundaring, E of Perth), Western Australia in a road crash.

7. Annie Margaret "Dolly" VOEGE b. 1918, Casterton, S-W Victoria, m. Daniel "Danny" McFARLANE, b. 1907, Mildura, Victoria ; in the 1940s living at Mt Helena, near Mandurang, Western Australia.

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