Bert was born in Boisevain, Manitoba on December 7, 1886. He graduated from the Manitoba College of Pharmacy in 1912 and served in the Canadian Army from 1915 to 1919. He died in Grande Prairie on March 8, 1948.
Sources: March 11 1948 p. 1 c. 6; March 18 1948 p. 3 c. 3; surname file