Painter, wood engraver and writer. Malet came from a military background and after attending Downside School he went to the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Part of Malet’s artistic training was with John Hassall, then in the late-1920s he studied with Iain Macnab at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art, which marked his style as a wood engraver. This was his strongest medium. Exhibited RA, Redfern Gallery, NEAC, SWE, of which he was a member, and abroad. British Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, British provincial and Commonwealth galleries hold his work. Wrote on wood engraving for The Artist magazine. Lived in London and later at Ditchling, Sussex.