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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Dean
5290
177
Sandra
3183
178
Patrick
4064
179
Michael
2444
180
David
4558
181
Greg
4500
182
Lenard
5290
183
Grant
2330
184
Gavin
3037
185
Jodi
5107
186
Elaine
5095
187
John
4817
188
Grant
5161
189
Julian
5290
190
Jack
18504
191
Jade
3350
192
Dominique
3199
193
Susan
4011
194
Carol
4650
195
sally
3451
196
Sandra
2650
197
aidan
4221
198
David
3337
199
Phillip
4306
200
John
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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