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Pa George Karika
Pa George Karika (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. Karika was born in Avarua, Cook Islands on 1 August 1893. He was the son of Takau Tuaraupoko Mokoroa ki Aitu, later ''Makea Karika Ariki''. He was educated at Tereora College, then run by the London Missionary Society. On 14 July 1915 he married Ngapoko Ariki o Tangiia. In 1916, when working for the Union Company, Union Steamship Company, he volunteered for the Māori Reinforcements and became one of 500 Cook Islanders who joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He was initially stationed with the New Zealand Rarotongan Company in El Qantara, Egypt, and in early 1917 was promot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makea Karika George Pa (George Karika)
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