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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Mark
4000
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Mark
2799
153
Nick
5275
154
Rosie
4370
155
Grahame
7140
156
Scott
3165
157
Virginia
5048
158
Peter
3057
159
Craig
2530
160
Michelle
2328
161
JON
2570
162
DEBBIE
2570
163
Kerry
3807
164
Wayne
2156
165
Georgia
6055
166
Keith
5085
167
Robert
2580
168
Gilbert
2232
169
Ann Marie
2232
170
Ron
3076
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Andrew
2026
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John
5118
173
Colin
3523
174
Cathy
3754
175
Catherine
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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