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
351
Garry
4570
352
Scott
3116
353
Rebecca
3130
354
Elizabeth
5000
355
Pau
3220
356
Trent
4551
357
Michelle
2500
358
Karen
5353
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
7852
373
Andrew
0000
374
Robert
5042
375
Robert
6410
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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