Charles was born in 1912 and his baptism took place on May 5th, 1912 in Transvaal. Charles' father was Charles Frederick Balfour and his mother was Enid Edith Stephenson. He had three brothers and a sister, named Alfred, Lionel, Rodney and Daisy. He was the second oldest of the five children. He died at the age of 60 in 1972.