A Gardener. SON OF MAXIMILIAN AND AGNES DONOCHIE BEATON, GREENOCK, SCOTLAND. His father was born in Luss. Charles named his brother Robert as his beneficiary in his will.

Enlisted 26/11/1915 at Largs. Posted to Carrier Hospital, Kilwa. Died at South African General Hospital of dysentery. Buried at DAR ES SALAAM WAR Cemetery. Grave Reference 3.A.4