Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Bhuku rake ra1943 rokudzora marariya, "Marariya muSouth Pacific", rakava chinyorwa chinozivikanwa. Senzanga yezvirwere zvinopisa (marariya, dengue fever, sand-fly fever nedysentery) basa rake rakabatsira kuderedza kufa muuto reNew Zealand. Zvakaitika Sayers asati arwa hondo uye marariya zvinyorwa zvaibatsirawo mauto eUnited States mukuderedza mwero wemarariya panguva yemushandirapamwe weSolomon Islands
. Mupiro wake wakazivikanwa nekupiwa mubairo weLegion of Merit neUnited States.