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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Ian
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202
Karl
6168
203
Lindsay
4053
204
Adam
3805
205
Brett
4221
206
Sharan
2560
207
Paul
2226
208
Wendy
2251
209
Ben
2251
210
Greg
4165
211
Keith
4209
212
Stephen
2286
213
Andrew
2705
214
wayne
2705
215
Michelle
2540
216
Brian
2705
217
Murray
6111
218
Ross
2749
219
Jan
6030
220
Leif
6036
221
Marilyn
2170
222
Rohan
4105
223
Jason
7018
224
Toni
3803
225
Dylan
2705
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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