VOEGE, Frederick
| Service Number: | 1024 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Camel Corps |
| Born: | Parkside, South Australia, Australia, 5 September 1888 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bushman |
| Died: | Sunstroke, Penong, South Australia, Australia, 25 January 1921, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Penong Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1024, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 26 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1024, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 3 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1024, Camel Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Al Staunton
Born Friedrich Adolph Leopold Gerhard VOEGE
West Coast Sentinel (Streaky Bay, SA: 1912 - 1954), Saturday 29 January 1921, page 2
SAD DEATH OF A RETURNED SOLDIER.
"A Penong correspondent writes:
"It was a sad ending to a life of adventure that befel Mr Fred. Voege, a returned soldier, one who been at the landing at Gallipoli and had done his "bit" without hope of fee or reward. He was born in Adelaide 31 years ago and had the nomadic instinct in him strongly developed. For some years he had been a sailor before the mast and had seen many parts of the world. He enlisted at the beginning of the war and was discharged from the Camel Corps with good conduct marks to his credit. The terrific heat wave which has been affecting South Australia recently was particularly felt on the West Coast. Those who were well felt the effects equally with those who were sick. No one was exempt. Mr Voege had met with a slight accident to his scalp on January 16th at Port Le Hunte, which alarmed his mates who called for medical assistance as soon as possible. He was removed to the residence of Dr. MacKechnie, of Penong, where he was given every attention possible. On the 17th, he unfortunately went out under the broiling sun without any hat and walked up town to make some purchases at one of the stores, where he collapsed and was immediately removed again to the Dr's. house. He gradually continued to get worse and died on Tuesday morning and was buried the same evening. A few of his comrades in the R.S.S.L.A saw that he had a Christian burial, the funeral service being conducted by Dr. MacKechnie. Flags were flown at half-mast when the funeral procession passed.
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Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931), Tuesday 22 February 1921, page 6
DEATHS.
VOEGE.— On the 25th January, at Penong West Coast, of sunstroke, following accident, Frederick (Nugget), late 9th-Light Horse, eldest son of the late Helena Voege, of Parkside, aged 32 years. R.I.P.
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