Born on 2 April 1910, Peter Beatty was born to David Beatty, and his wife Ethel, and as a baby, he was born without any conditions.
As a baby Beatty suffered from ophthalmia neonatorum. Infectious neonatal conjunctivitis is typically contracted during vaginal delivery from exposure to bacteria from the birth canal, most commonly Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis. Ophthalmia neonatorum 
