Gravestone of Pte Thomas Fraser Prentice (aka Thomas Gordon Marlin) at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver in 1997. He died in 1948. He was born in 1887. On rear: BLANK. 2223317 Pte Thomas Gordon Marlin, 72nd Battalion arrived in France on 1 August 1917 and was wounded on 30 October 1917. His real name Thomas Fraser Prentice is on his tombstone. He was born in Oswego, New York and was a druggist by trade. CEF service file attached. He had also enlisted as 207824 Pte Thomas Fraser Prentice in the 97th Battalion (American Legion), CEF. The 97th Battalion (American Legion), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Great War Canadian Expeditionary Force. The 97th Battalion was authorized on 22 December 1915 and embarked for Britain on 19 September 1916, where its personnel were absorbed by the Depots of The Royal Canadian Regiment, CEF, and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, also, to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. The 97th Battalion recruited in, and was mobilized at, Toronto, Ontario. The 97th Battalion (American Legion), CEF is not perpetuated by any Canadian Army unit