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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John
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552
Steve
2640
553
Marilyn
2640
554
Brad
2111
555
Diane
2646
556
Julie
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557
michael
6015
558
Sam
0839
559
Sally-Anne
2720
560
Les
3351
561
Jillianne
3351
562
John
6076
563
Julius
7009
564
Noeleen
3675
565
Greg
3912
566
Aaron
5083
567
Bob
5253
568
Sarah
2232
569
James
3099
570
Lynda
2450
571
susan
2784
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Jenni
3941
573
robin
2453
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Jon
2093
575
Terry
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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