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 George Constantinou OBE Kt (10 May 1930 – 16 December 2008) was a Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

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n businessman and builder. Constantinou, who was born in Cyprus

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, immigrated to Papua New Guinea

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 in the 1950s. He was considered to be one of Papua New Guinea's wealthiest and most successful businessmen. He lived in Papua New Guinea almost his entire life. He had an extensive family living all over the globe in such countries as Cyprus

Cyprus

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, Greece

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, Turkey

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, Austria

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, Australia

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, New Zealand

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, and Papua New Guinea

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Constantinou was killed after being struck on the head and other blows to his body during a failed carjacking in Gerehu, Port Moresby

Port Moresby

Port Moresby , or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43...

. The attackers were then killed by guerrilla soldiers in Moresby. Sir George, as he was known in New Guinea, loved many things including his family, rugby union

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, and helping others live successful lives.

Funeral

As he had requested in his will, George Costantinou's funeral was held at the St. George Greek Orthodox Church in South Brisbane, Australia and was buried next to his mother at Mount Gravatt Cemetery on Monday 22 December, 2008.