Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Bhuku rake ra1943 rokudzora marariya, "Marariya muSouth Pacific", rakava bhuku rinozivikanwa zvikuru. Senzanga yezvirwere zvinopisa (marariya, dengue fever, sand-fly fever nedysentery) basa rake rakabatsira kuderedza kufa muuto reNew Zealand. Ruzivo rwaSayers rwepamberi pehondo uye zvinyorwa zvemarariya zvakabatsirawo mauto eUnited States mukuderedza huwandu hwemarariya panguva yeHondo Yenyika II.
Hondo yeSolomon Islands. Mupiro wake wakazivikanwa nekupiwa mubairo weLegion of Merit neUnited States.