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
601
Ray
4077
602
Kirsty
2850
603
Alex
2850
604
Nick
3070
605
Jenny
3140
606
Leonard
3140
607
Bernard
3812
608
Frances
3813
609
Stuart
5351
610
Amanda
5114
611
Ken
3438
612
Terry
5049
613
Ian
3029
614
Graham
5070
615
Robert
5159
616
Rita
5043
617
Trevor
5159
618
Cassandra
5062
619
Mari
5093
620
Len
5045
621
Brett
2027
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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