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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Margaret
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Glen
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228
Stuart
2705
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Captain Bryan
4127
230
Gavin
3695
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William
2705
232
Annette
2329
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Tania
2285
234
Cameron
3084
235
Rachel
2324
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Mick
2448
237
Graeme
2705
238
Mitch
2092
239
William
3024
240
Ducie
2486
241
Zidane
3338
242
Kevin
4068
243
Courtney
3280
244
Leanne
3858
245
John
4550
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Paul
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michael
2794
248
michael
2794
249
tim
3350
250
Anthony
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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