Only 101 Australians have been awarded the Victoria Cross, our highest military honour for bravery in wartime.

Shockingly, the remains of ANZAC Victoria Cross hero Sergeant Samuel Pearse VC MM, killed in action in 1919, are currently stored in a plastic bag, in a plastic box, in a remote Russian morgue, awaiting DNA identification before authorities will consider a dignified burial with military honours.

Six years after the remains were discovered on the century old battlefield there has been no progress towards a resolution.

We need your help to lobby the federal government to ensure Samuel Pearse VC MM is identified and given the honourable burial he deserves:

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    Postcode
    351
    Garry
    4570
    352
    Scott
    3116
    353
    Rebecca
    3130
    354
    Elizabeth
    5000
    355
    Pau
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    356
    Trent
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    357
    Michelle
    2500
    358
    Karen
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    359
    Thea
    5152
    360
    Brenda
    3959
    361
    KerriAnne
    2830
    362
    Mark
    5152
    363
    Kevin
    6232
    364
    Pat
    5290
    365
    Gerard
    2340
    366
    Andrew
    0000
    367
    David
    195
    368
    Greg
    3500
    369
    Mark
    2799
    370
    Andrew
    3355
    371
    Chris
    2428
    372
    Jason
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    373
    Andrew
    0000
    374
    Robert
    5042
    375
    Robert
    6410
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    As the author of  Australia's Lost Heroes, Damien Wright says, "How can a nation that honours the supreme sacrifice of its citizens at such hallowed sites as the Australian War Memorial; at a host of memorial halls and statues scattered across the nation; and yet leave one of its Victoria Cross heroes to lie in a plastic bag within a blue plastic crate in a remote corner of Russia? 

    After more than a century of neglect, and nearly six years after the Australian and British embassies have been notified, who will take action to end the continuing indignity?"    

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    If you have any queries about Samuel Pearse VC MM, please email info@samuelpearsevc.com.au