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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    Petition #
    First Name
    Postcode
    101
    William
    3356
    102
    David
    5000
    103
    Peter
    5290
    104
    Barry
    5159
    105
    Andrew
    2763
    106
    Ian
    3029
    107
    Jeremy
    5035
    108
    Debra
    3463
    109
    Courtney
    5070
    110
    Lisa
    5114
    111
    Dianne
    4306
    112
    Stavros
    3059
    113
    Donal
    2163
    114
    Robyn
    5251
    115
    Robyn
    5159
    116
    Keith
    5039
    117
    Irena
    5097
    118
    Jordan
    5171
    119
    Nicolle
    5333
    120
    Ron
    5045
    121
    Heather
    5081
    122
    Deirdre
    4818
    123
    Andrew
    5042
    124
    Geoff
    3922
    125
    Kitty
    5085
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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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