Alexander VOEGE 1878-1949 & Anne Flora ALLARDICE 1873-1966
Alexander "Alec" VOEGE, b. 1878, Maryborough, Victoria, son of Klaus & Mary Ann Lucy VOEGE came to "Rifle Downs" near Digby 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.
Alec and Flora VOEGE had the following children:
- Rupert Lindsay Roy VOEGE b. 1897, Digby, Vic;
- George Claus VOEGE (aka Colin CAMERON) b. 1900, Digby, Vic.
- WW1 1st AIF, 4th Light Horse, enlisted 7-10-1916
- "charger" at Beersheba, Pallestine,
- 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.
- Named in Rohan Rivett's book "Behind Bamboo" (1945) and Les Cody's book "Ghosts in Khaki" (1997), history of 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion.
- Alex Oswald VOEGE b. 1903, Digby, Vic;
- Esther Rose VOEGE b. 1907, Digby, Vic;
- Gerald Allardice Richard "Dick" VOEGE b. 1910, Digby, Vic, m. Doris Jean OLIVER;
- WW2 2nd AIF, 4th Anit-Tank Regt.
- 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).
- Lawrence Digby VOEGE b. 1912, Digby, Vic;
- Dorothy VOEGE b.
- Annie Margaret VOEGE b. 1918, Casterton, Vic
