Walter Callaway or Wāta Te Wahahuia was a logger and gold miner from Coromandel, and one of the first Māori to volunteer for the South African War. He was born in Kikowhakarere Bay to a Cornish father, John Callaway, and a Māori mother, Hihana Te Awaere of the Te Ngare hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi. Callaway initially joined the 1st Contingent. He went on to serve with distinction in a number of different units throughout the South African War, eventually reaching the rank of lieutenant. Callaway was wounded in the war, and after his return home he contracted smallpox. He died in 1926 at the age of 53.
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