Mark Donaldson
- January 4, 2024
- Celebrity
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Mark Donaldson Biography
| Name | Mark Donaldson |
| Birthday | Apr 2 |
| Birth Year | 1979 |
| Place Of Birth | Australia |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
Mark Donaldson is one of the most popular and richest Celebrity who was born on April 2, 1979 in Australia, Australia. In recognition for his bravery in the War in Afghanistan’s Battle of Khaz Oruzgan, this Australian Army soldier received the prestigious Victoria Cross for Australia. During Operation Slipper (in Afghanistan), he was serving with the Special Air Service Regiment.
In early 2009, Australian Governor-General Quentin Bryce presented Donaldson with the Victoria Cross.
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. Then Trooper Donaldson was a member of the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) when he exposed himself to enemy fire to protect injured troops and then rescued an interpreter under heavy enemy fire in the Battle of Khaz Oruzgan during Operation Slipper, the Australian contribution to the War in Afghanistan. He was presented with the decoration by the Governor-General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, in a ceremony in Canberra on 16 January 2009. On 25 January 2010, Donaldson was named the 2010 Young Australian of the Year. He was promoted to corporal in June 2010.
In 1998, when Donaldson was 19 and attending art college in Sydney, his mother disappeared. She is presumed murdered and an investigation into the disappearance is ongoing. Donaldson left full-time education and took a variety of physically demanding jobs in Australia and overseas.
He grew up in New South Wales, Australia, as the son of Bernadette and Greg Donaldson. In his late teens, he took art classes in Sydney, Australia; during this period, his mother disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
Mark Donaldson Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Celebrity |
| House | Living in own house. |
Mark Donaldson is one of the richest War Hero from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mark Donaldson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
After enlisting in the military in 2002, he was assigned to the 1st Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment. He went on to serve in Iraq, East Timor, and Afghanistan.
In 2010, he received the title of Young Australian of the Year.
Donaldson was born on 2 April 1979 in Waratah, New South Wales, the younger son of Greg, a Vietnam War veteran, and Bernadette Donaldson. He grew up in the small northern New South Wales township of Dorrigo, attending Dorrigo High School, a small state public school, until 1996. In 1995 his father died suddenly of a heart attack and Mark and his brother became wards of Legacy, one of their legatees being a former member of the same Army unit their father had served in.
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On 11 November 2009, Donaldson and British VC recipient Johnson Beharry handed a wreath to the Queen during a service in Westminster Abbey which marked the deaths in 2009 of the last three veterans of the First World War resident in the United Kingdom, Bill Stone, Henry Allingham and Harry Patch. The wreath was then laid on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. While Donaldson was in London, news emerged in Afghanistan that Sarbi, an explosives detection dog that was declared missing in action after the 2 September ambush, had been found alive and well by an American soldier. Donaldson said of the news that it “closed a chapter in their shared history” and “She’s the last piece of the puzzle … Having Sabi back gives some closure for the handler and the rest of us that served with her in 2008. It’s a fantastic morale booster for the guys.” Donaldson was announced as the Patron-in-Chief of the military charity Soldier On Australia on 4 October 2014.
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The official citation was published in a special edition of the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette of 20 January 2009 and states (in part) that the award was made for ” … most conspicuous acts of gallantry in action in a circumstance of great peril in Afghanistan, as part of the Special Operations Task Group during Operations SLIPPER, Oruzgan province, Afghanistan.” Seven days after the medal presentation, Donaldson lent his VC and other medals to the Australian War Memorial in an official ceremony. The medals were placed on display at the end of February 2009. Donaldson was subsequently received in audience by the Queen of Australia, Elizabeth II, at Windsor Castle on 10 November 2009.
What is Mark Donaldson doing now?
Mark Donaldson VC is married with two children. He continues to serve in the SAS. He has authored a best selling book, “The Cross Road – A story of life, death and the SAS” and he is committed to assisting soldiers to settle back into Australian life after being in harms way on duty overseas.
How did Mark Donaldson get the VC?
Trooper Donaldson was awarded the Victoria Cross for his act of gallantry during an ambush in Afghanistan.
Is Mark Donaldson VC still in the army?
Mark Donaldson
Allegiance| Australia
Service/branch| Australian Army
Years of service| 2002–present
Rank| Corporal
Who is the Scottish commentator at the Australian Open?
Scotsman Mark Donaldson joined ESPN in 2010 as a soccer and tennis play- by-play commentator, as well as an on-course reporter for major golf events.
What did Ben Roberts Smith get the Victoria Cross for?
Roberts-Smith was awarded the VC in 2011 for his actions during the 2010 battle of Tizak. The court heard that one of the battlefield kills claimed by Roberts-Smith – an insurgent who was behind a boulder – occurred at the end of the Tizak battle.