Australian Victoria Cross Recipient
Sergeant Samuel George Pearse
Unit
45th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Sadlier-Jackson’s Brigade
Born
16 July 1897 at Penarth, Glamorganshire, Wales. His family moved to Mildura, Victoria
Date of action
29 August 1919
Place
North of Emtsa, North Russia
Details
On 29 August during at attack on an enemy battery position north of Emtsa, Pearse, under heavy enemy fire, cut his way through barbed wire thus clearing a way for troops to enter. Enemy fire from a blockhouse was causing casualties so Pearse charged single-handed, killing the occupants with bombs. He was killed by machine-gun fire several minutes later.
Died
29 August 1919
Buried or Commemorated
Souset Cemetery, Archangel, North Russia
Current location of the VC
Privately held