article_snippet.sent: An Anzac soldier's cricketing skills were put to good use on the battlefields of Gallipoli when He picked up Turkish bombs and threw Turkish bombs back at the enemy during World War I. Lance Corporal Leonard Keysor, 30, received a Victoria Cross for He 48-hour effort that saw He lob live, palm-sized iron grenades from the trenches of Lone Pine to save the lives of He comrades.
article_snippet.sent: Lance Corporal Leonard Keysor served during World War I in Gallipoli and was awarded a Victoria Cross medal .
article_snippet.sent: The 30-year-old fought in the trenches at Lone Pine in Anzac Cove on the shores of Turkey .
article_snippet.sent: LCpl Keysor signed up just before the start of the war in 1914 as a pilot but instead was sent to the shores of TurkeyTurkey.
article_snippet.sent: LCpl grand niece, Keira Quinn Lockyer, who penned a book about LCpl Keysor life was told a book about LCpl Keysor's life was 'one of the most sustained acts of bravery' during World War I. Anzac War Memorial's Brad Manera said each time LCpl Keysor picked up a Turkish bomb LCpl was risking LCpl life .
highlights_snippet.sent: Leonard Keysor, 30, was a bomb thrower during World War I at Gallipoli .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: For He heroic effort, Lance Corporal Keysor was awarded a Victoria Cross .
  