Regimental Number: 279477
Rank: Sapper
Branch: Canadian Railway Troops
Albert was born in Newdale, Manitoba on January 5, 1895. His father, recently a widower, brought his young family to the Manola district of Alberta in the mid 1890s. Albert enlisted in the Canadian army in April of 1916 and served in France and Belgium. In 1920, he and his brother Fred settled in the East Kleskun district. Albert was killed in an accident in Fort Smith (possibly in the early 1930s).
Sources: Across the Smoky p. 60