The name and honour a hero’s family will never forget

Sarah Buchecker

VICTORIA Catherine Pearse never met her father, but the name her mother gave her meant she would never be able to forget him. The baby girl’s initials were a reminder of the Victoria Cross, or VC, Koorlong rabbit-trapper Samuel George Pearse was posthumously awarded after losing his life in an act of bravery in Russia. […]

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