For his work, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1960 Queen's Birthday Honours.
[3] He also played the role of Tonga in Return to Paradise a South Seas drama film starring Gary Cooper released by United Artists in 1953.
[4] Le Mamea Matatumua was the son of Faletoese Lipano a Samoan pastor and educator who was asked by the German Governor Dr. Solf to come to Apia in order to establish the government school at Malifa in 1909.
[10] One of his brothers, Tepa worked for the printing office of the London Missionary Society in Apia and was also responsible for going to the Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) to establish a printing press while his other brother Tuuu Kenape Faletoese was a civil servant in the German and New Zealand administrations before going to Malua to train as a pastor.
[11] Le Mamea's eldest daughter, Laulu Fetauimalemau Mata'afa was a teacher, member of parliament and ambassador who was married to the paramount chief Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu’u II, the first Prime Minister of Samoa.