Mattingley, Maxwell Albert Percy (Lieutenant, b.1913 - d.1971)

Collection relating to the Second World War service of Lieutenant Maxwell Albert Percy Mattingley, HMAS Penguin, Royal Australian Navy, Australia, 1942-1945.
Wallet 1 of 1 – Contains two folders of material relating to Lieutenant Maxwell Albert Percy Mattingley.

Folder 1 of 2 consists of one identity card and one permit relating to Lieutenant Mattingley. The identity card was issued to Lieutenant Mattingley on 11 July 1942 by the Department of the Navy, Royal Auxiliary Patrol. The permit was issued on 27 July 1942, and allowed Lieutenant Mattingley to board all ships in Brisbane, Queensland, as part of his duties as a Naval Auxiliary Patrol Officer.

Folder 2 of 2 consists of two notebooks relating to Lieutenant Mattingley. These notebooks were used by Lieutenant Mattingley during a training course at HMAS Penguin, Balmoral, New South Wales, in 1945. The first notebook [brown cover] contains training notes on subjects such as naval navigation, chart reading, calculating the hour angle, using a sextant, using the sun and stars, tides, navigational messages, and meteorology. It also includes navigation test papers and exams. The second notebook [grey cover] contains training notes on navigational mathematics, and navigation test papers.

Lieutenant Maxwell Albert Percy Mattingley enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy on 31 August 1942, after previously volunteering as an officer in the Royal Naval Auxiliary Patrol. He served as a skipper on a variety of naval bases and ships, and was promoted to sublieutenant in November 1944. In March 1946, he received his promotion to lieutenant, and was discharged upon his demobilisation on 23 May 1946. Lieutenant Mattingley later reenlisted in the Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve as an instructor, receiving his final discharge in 1958.