Serge Oreshkin received the coroner's report on the death of his 29-year-old son on Friday, He hasn't been able to open it.
Victor Oreshkin died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over the Ukraine, Russia border in July 2014.
"It is too hard because I don't know what I'll read in there," he told AAP.
"I will open it, I will go through it but it's not easy."
He knows how his son died but he's never seen his body.
"It doesn't matter what pieces it was in, we've never seen it."
Mr Oreshkin was in the Sydney suburb of Homebush on Saturday when Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull met with locals as part of his federal election campaign.
He pleaded with the prime minister to make sure the families of the 38 Australians killed in the crash are remembered.
Mr Turnbull embraced the emotional father, later saying giving him a hug was the "best thing we can do".
"You can only imagine the grief that Serge feels after losing his son Victor in that shocking murderous attack in the plane," he said.
Mr Oreshkin admits his family isn't coping and he can't pretend that everything is OK.
"Men aren't supposed to cry, but sometimes you can't help it," he said through tears.
"I took him to the airport and I said 'bye Vic, see you when you get back' and he never came back."
The father doesn't want compensation and believes the government has done more than enough.
But he hopes there'll be funding into the future to get the families together once every few years to handle their grief and sorrows.
"I just don't want to be forgotten," he said.
Mr Turnbull told the Regents Park local there was a continuing funding commitment for Australians impacted by terrorism overseas.
His office took down his details to talk further.
Mr Oreshkin was in the area taking his grandchildren to the Saturday morning Russian community school based at Homebush Public School.
Mr Turnbull met a group of other young students on the streets who were kitted up in traditional clothing and performed a dance before hitting him up for photos.
They later told AAP meeting the prime minister was both exciting and amazing and all agreed he would win the election on July 2.
"You don't get to do that every day," Marina said.
Mr Turnbull was escorted in Homebush by Assistant Multicultural Affairs and popular local member for Reid Craig Laundy.
The coalition-held marginal seat was won by 0.9 per cent at the 2013 election the first time a Liberal had ever won the electorate - however redistribution may have him better placed this time around.
