Saturday Nov 28th - 14

Red Sea.

Extremely hot day. Temp.
in my cabin 96°, sea water
temp. 86°. Engine room 120°.
passed numbers of ships but
are not permitted to communicate.

Received notice to be prepared
for any eventuality re
disembarkation and interpret
same to mean that we

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probably land at Suez.
Second inoculation commenced.
Ships run 253 miles.
Maunganui & Orvieto
went on ahead to Suez
leaving Arawa as flagship
of N.Z. squadron.