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:

Please sign our petition
 

Please sign the petition!

    Thank you to those who have signed the petition, please share.

    Petition #
    First Name
    Postcode
    501
    Jack
    2151
    502
    Jena
    0810
    503
    Billie
    3178
    504
    Athol
    7315
    505
    Andrew
    3152
    506
    Jessie
    5345
    507
    Peter
    5345
    508
    Courtney
    5092
    509
    Peter
    3169
    510
    Anthony William
    2159
    511
    Ray
    3178
    512
    Christine
    5341
    513
    Joan
    2795
    514
    Darren
    3500
    515
    Sandra
    2262
    516
    Ray
    2536
    517
    Geoffery
    4504
    518
    Andrew
    4306
    519
    Chris
    2722
    520
    Kathleen
    4350
    521
    David
    2650
    522
    Maureen
    6210
    523
    Catherine
    5024
    524
    David
    5114
    525
    Dale
    2722
    Displaying 500 - 525 of 621

    Read the book that started the campaign

    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?"    

    Purchase here (paperback or e-book)

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