[1][2][5] On leaving school Chatto found work with the art department of Greater Union Theatres[2][3][5][6] then drawing aircraft recognition charts for the Australian Air Training Corps[3] before enlisting with the RAAF.
Following his demobilisation in 1946 he had his first comic strip published, Destiny Scott, in the mid-week children's section of the Sydney Morning Herald[1][2][3][4][5][6] on 26 June 1946.
With the introduction of television Chatto left the comic book industry to become a freelance film producer[4][6][13] and cine cameraman.
[2] In mid 1977 he began drawing the Sunday version of Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors,[2][4] having previously ghosted the strip for a short period in 1972.
In 1990 saw the publication of the first Australian-written and drawn full-length Phantom story, Rumble in the Jungle, with Chatto providing the illustrations[13][17][18] and Jim Shepherd the storyline.