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Remains of Long-Lost Australian WAR Hero Found in Russia
Remains of Long-Lost Australian Digger Sam Pearse Likely Found in Russia
ABC News (Australia) •29 Sep 2019
100-year-old mystery involving an Australian soldier and a little-known battle in Russia could soon be solved.
Key Points:
Sergeant Sam Pearse was killed in combat in Russia in 1919, a year after World War I ended
Australia's involvement in the Russian Civil War is still largely unrecognised
Russian and British governments are in sensitive negotiations to repatriate fallen soldiers
Victoria Cross recipient Sergeant Sam Pearse was killed while fighting against the Soviet Red Army in 1919. After the battle, the location of his grave was lost.
But now his remains may finally have been found south of the Russian city of Archangel, on the icy shores of the White Sea in Russia's arctic north.
His grandson, Richard Christen, has embarked on a journey halfway across the world in the hope of bringing Sergeant Pearse's remains home to Australia.
"I thought if I ever got the opportunity I'd like to go, I'd like to see where Sam died, & where he was buried,
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