Pa George Karika DCM (1 August 1893 – 5 May 1949) was a New Zealand-Cook Islands leader, clerk, soldier and farmer. Decorated for gallantry during the First World War, he was the only Cook Islander awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. From 1942 until his death in 1949 he was the holder of the Makea Karika Ariki title, one of the three chiefly titles of the Te Au o Tonga vaka on Rarotonga.
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1 August 1893 Avarua, Cook Islands
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Died |
5 May 1949 (aged 55)
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Zodiac | Leo |
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