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
76	Bernie	12E2
77	Russell	2648
78	Pat	12E2
79	Annette	3501
80	Georgie	3500
81	Kerri	3500
82	Nita	3546
83	Brian	3490
84	Sylvie	3498
85	Sue	4655
86	Colin	4161
87	Tim	2873
88	Marguerite	2620
89	Gregory	2620
90	Blake	5044
91	Ferna	5946
92	Ferna	5946
93	Brenton	2604
94	Adam	3000
95	Sue	2282
96	John	4350
97	Cheryl	5044
98	Trent	5159
99	Brian	3128
100	Des	2323

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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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If you have any queries about Samuel Pearse VC MM, please email info@samuelpearsevc.com.au