Name: Bernard Allbright Rank: Sapper Service Number: H/3799 Service: Royal Canadian Engineers, Canadian Army Date of Birth: March 7, 1898 Place of Birth: Sandy Cove, Digby County, Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: March 20, 1940 Place of Enlistment: Winnipeg, Manitoba Address at Enlistment: St. Norbert, Manitoba Age at Enlistment: 42 Height: 5 feet, 8 inches Complexion: Fair Eyes: Blue Hair Colour: Light Occupation: Farmer Date of Death: January 28, 1947 Age: 48 Cemetery: Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba Plot: MLTY-2666-0 Commemorated on Page 594 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on December 16 and 17 Born in Sandy Cove, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Bernard Allbright was the son of William James Albright (1852-1933) Catherine M. (Vidito) Allbright (1871-1937). His siblings were Charles C. Albright (1888-1923), Bessie May Albright (b. 1891), Samuel Albright (b. 1897), and John Albright (b. 1903). Bernard married Phyllis Bessie Oakes Bach (1902-1976) in 1922 in York, Ontario and they had one son Gunner Bach Bernard Allbright (1922-1944) who was killed in action serving with the 3rd Field Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery in WWII. Bernard’s second wife was Constance May (Arscott) Allbright (1893-1968), of St. Norbert, Manitoba. Bernard and Constance had two daughters, Bernice May (Allbright) Ducharme (1926-2016), Audrey Barbara (Allbright) Barten (1929-2002). Bernard was a farmer before WWI. He served Canadian during the First World War with the 10th Battalion of the Canadian Railway Troops (Service No. 282844). He was 17 when he enlisted on March 20, 1916, in Digby with the 256th Overseas Railway Construction Battalion. He had an appendectomy while in France in 1918. He was discharged January 21, 1919. After the war in 1920, he served in the Militia (Reserves) with the No. 3 Detachment of the Royal Canadian Machine Gun Corps. For 18 years, he was employed as a carpenter with National Defence at the No. 10 Military District Depot in Manitoba. In the Second World War, he enlisted in March of 1940, and served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. Just over 4 years later, having served throughout the war, Bernard was discharged on April 5, 1944, as unable to meet the required military physical standards. He died of cancer (thymic carcinoma) in January of 1947, and it was determined that his death was related to military service. He is interred at the Brookside Cemetery in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Sources: Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave