Alternate name(s):
M. J.; Perry
Nickname:
Gerry; Jerry
Date of birth:
Friday, 2 April 1909
Marital status:
Single, later married Anne Gertrude
Ethnicity/Nationality:
French Canadian
Hometown(s):
Montreal, Quebec; Vancouver, British Columbia; Halifax, Nova Scotia
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada, 1930, unit organizer
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-08 29 via Agullana
Unit:
Sent to Officers' Training School from Tarazona; Mackenzie Papineau Battalion, section leader, Teniente; Served at Teruel and the Retreats
Final status:
Hospitalized; POW 3 April 1938, held at San Pedro de Cardena; Exchanged 5 April 1939; Survived; Mackenzie Papineau Veterans Association (West); Visited Spain with the veterans delegation in September 1979; Died 28 February 1985 in Vancouver, British Columbia
Other:
He wrote a testimony about his experience as a prisoner of war at San Pedro de Cardeña.
A quote from Gerry Delaney appears in the pamphlet They Defend World Democracy.
Sources:
Image MSC160-209_08 courtesy of the Pacific Tribune Photograph Collection, a digital initiative of Simon Fraser University Library; Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 546, ll. 28-30; NAC, M-P Collection, Cecil-Smith, V. 1, F. 16, Memoirs and Accounts of Service in Spain, Delaney, Gerry, 3 pages, June 1, 1939; Geiser; Momryk; Petrou; Ancestry; Hoff
