Mehaka Rewi

Popularly known as "The Major", because he was attached to my father, H.G. Dyer, then Major in command of D Company, he was later his driver in the Desert Campaign and when he was marched out to command the Maadi Base Camp. He was said to imitate to a T the voice and manner of Major Dyer; hence his nickname. Another photo of him is to be found under the entry for Dyer. He returned to New Zealand about the same time as Dyer.

See the tribute to him in H.G. Dyer, Ma Te Reinga, pp. 76-89, specifying his return to New Zealand.