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 page 38 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.