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VC1355 Mark Gregor Strang Donaldson
Name Mark Gregor Strang Donaldson No.
VC Issue No. 1355 Awards VC
Regiment Australian Special Air Service, Special Operations Task Group
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Trooper
Rank End Of Career Corporal
Place Of Birth Waratah, Newcastle, New South Wales
Gazetted 20th January 2009 (embargoed press release 15th January 2009)
VC Presented 16th January 2009 by Quentin Bryce, Governor-General of Australia at Government House, Canberra, ACT, Australia
BORN 2 April 1979
VC Won 2 September 2008 AGE 29
Place VC Won Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan
War/Campaign Operation SLIPPER, Afghanistan
Memorials
Plaque (2010 plinth) at The Australians of the Year Walk, Lake Burley Griffin foreshore, Canberra, ACT, Australia
By The Way…
Voted Young Australian of the Year in 2010, and became Patron in Chief of the Australian charity ‘Soldier On’ in 2012
VC Held By
Australian War Memorial, Hall of Valour, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia On Loan
