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Biography
Chief Petty Officer Charles Beaton was born to Finley and Mary (Chisholm) Beaton on January 18th, 1919, in South River, Antigonish, as the youngest of their nine children.
Shortly after his 23rd birthday Beaton volunteered with the Royal Canadian Navy and was stationed in Stadocona in Halifax from February 7th to November 14th. 1942.
After being stationed in Stadocona, Beaton was stationed on several ships. From November 15th to November 30th, 1942 he was stationed on the HMCS Hochelaga. From December 1942 to November 1943 he was stationed on the Provider. He was then again stationed in Stadcona from November 19th to May 1944. He was then transferred to the Scotian until November 1944.
He spent the following months, from November 1944 to August 1st 1945, in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. He was then finally stationed on the HMCS Peregrine for the whole month of August before his discharge September 1st, 1945.
Throughout his time in the navy Beaton managed to travel to the far north where ice on the rigging was a common issue, to the tropical south where he developed an apprehension for snakes.
During his annual leave on June 20th, 1944, Beaton married Dorothy ‘Dot’ Myrtle Shelley at Saint Joseph’s.
After the war Beaton worked as a plumber and steamfitter at various construction jobs throughout Atlantic Canada, including the construction of the international airports in Gander, Newfoundland and Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was a long time member of Local 244 International Brotherhood of Plumbers and Steamfitters. He settled down in Lower South River where he lived from 1948-1980
In 1961 Beaton and his wife started the Oasis Campground which they eventually developed into the Oasis Motel, Campground and Trailer Park, which they ran until their retirement in the mid 1980s. They couple also had two sons.
On October 9th, 1997 Beaton passed away at the age of 77 in St Martha’s Hospital Veteran’s Unit in Antigonish.
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