B63322 Rifleman Robert Earl Clayton Beatty was born in Beeton, Ontario, on 29 November 1910, the son of Leamon Eslyon Lerain Beattie and Mary Mound “Molly” Fenn, and had one sister and four brothers. He completed seven years of public school and was a member of the United Church of Canada.

Beatty worked as a farmer, a labourer and was a shopkeeper at Massey Ferguson when he enlisted on 13 August 1942. He trained in Brampton and Hamilton and served in Italy before being posted to the 4th Battalion, The Queen’s Own Rifles, Canadian Army of Occupation Force, on 19 June 1945. He was twice ill or injured for short periods in July and September.

Rifleman Beatty died of injuries received in a road accident in Holland on 7 March 1946, aged 35. He is buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery, grave reference VIII. B. 16.