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He is the 97th australian to be given the highest bravery award, and the first for 40 years. Mark donaldson has 11 books on goodreads with 1609 ratings. Mark gregor strang donaldson, vc born 2 april 1979 is an australian soldier and a recipient of the victoria cross for australia, the highest award in the australian honours system. Mark donaldson simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Download audiobooks written by mark donaldson to your device. About the author mark donaldson was awarded the vc in 2009. Mark donaldson passed away on august 14, 2018 in pennington, new jersey.
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