[3][2] Wayland conducted geological fieldwork in Egypt in 1909 and Portuguese, East Africa (Mozambique) in 1911 and Sri Lanka before the First World War.

[3][4] He discovered a number of archaeological sites and stone tools in Uganda, such as Nsongezi and was part of the team that excavated the Luzira head.

He also wrote about the relationship between rift valleys, rivers, rains, and early human evolution in Africa.

He served in the British Army during the Second World War and was sent to Botswana in 1943, where he became the director of the Bechuanaland Geological Survey.

[1] Wayland was awarded with the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1935 for his services to geology and archaeology in Uganda.