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In 2007, Mike Harries, a descendant of a British settler living in Gatundu, mentioned to an Italian diplomat, Aldo Manos, the existence of a stone pillar monument, with illustrations of war drawings on its sides.
"He was a member of Limuru Gun Club just like me and he took me to the site where he showed me a beautiful structure with illustrations on its side. It was a few metres away from a small church," recalled Dr Manos.
In May 1941, Italian soldiers were captured in Ethiopia by the British forces as they tried to establish Italian East Africa. After the Italian Commander Prince Amedeo, the Duke of Aosta, surrendered, he and his troops were flown to Kenya as prisoners of war.
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