Image Gallery: January 2009
22 January 2009
Victoria Cross on loan to Australian War Memorial
Trooper Mark Donaldson, VC, presented his Victoria Cross to the Australian War Memorial on permanent loan on 22 January 2009.
The Victoria Cross will be on public exhibition from late February in the "Conflicts 1945 to today" gallery, at the Australian War Memorial.
| 20090122ara8222937_013 Trooper Mark Donaldson, VC, stands proudly behind his Victoria Cross medal, which is now on loan to the Australian War Memorial. (Date taken: 22 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090122ara8222937_019 Trooper Mark Donaldson, VC, presents his Victoria Cross to Australian War Memorial Director Steve Gower. (Date taken: 22 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090122ara8222937_029 Emma Donaldson and daughter, Kaylee, proudly help Trooper Mark Donaldson, VC, display his Victoria Cross at the Australian War Memorial. (Date taken: 22 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090122ara8222937_031 Emma Donaldson and daughter, Kaylee, lend their support to Trooper Mark Donaldson, VC, during the handover ceremony for his Victoria Cross at the Australian War Memorial. (Date taken: 22 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090122ara8222937_041 Chief of Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, congratulates Trooper Mark Donaldson on the loan of his Victoria Cross to the Australian War Memorial, while Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie, and Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Mark Binskin look on. (Date taken: 22 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090122ara8222937_066 Trooper Mark Donaldson, VC, displays his award next to the last Victoria Cross won on the Western Front by Lieutenant George Ingram on October 5, 1918. (Date taken: 22 January 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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