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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First Name
Postcode
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Sharon
2147
302
Shirley
4413
303
Graeme
3724
304
Dennis
3902
305
Patricia
3351
306
Kevin
2263
307
Timothy
5065
308
Brad
4701
309
Margot
4352
310
Lindsay
2540
311
Phil
21190
312
Louise
6156
313
Barbara
3198
314
Vicki
0812
315
Eugene
5039
316
Myf
2148
317
Glenys
5275
318
Evan
5275
319
Rebecca
5252
320
Teri
6069
321
Amanda
4101
322
Malcolm
5063
323
Elizabeth
3338
324
Susan
3222
325
John
3690
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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?"    

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