Under intense bombardment at Gallipoli, Lance Corporal Elvas Jenkins was struck directly over his heart by a lead ball from an exploding shell. He would have died instantly but the ball struck his New Testament which he carried in his shirt pocket. The Bible saved his life that day. But he did not survive the war. Among the first Anzacs to reach Gallipoli on Anzac Day, 25th April 1915, he was also one of the last to leave. He was among those who survived the whole of the Gallipoli campaign, only to lay down his life a few months later on the Western Front in France.