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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