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Bible saved Australian WW1 soldiers life

Alister Ross bible
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The London family of a Gallipoil solder has donated the Bible that literally saved his life to the Anzac Memorial in Sydney.

Alister Ross was a corporal in the Australian infantry when a bullet and a piece of shrapnel hit him in his left breast.

The 22-year-old survived thanks to a pocket Bible his mother had given him, the dense pages stopping the metal from piercing his heart.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the donation is an important contribution.


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By Emma Papaemmanouil-Έμμα Παπαεμμανουήλ




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