Lt Victor Gordon (V.G.) Tupper, 16th Battalion, CEF. He is wearing a glengarry, service dress and breeches carrying a swagger stick. The painting of Lt Victor Tupper, MC is based on this photo. 28948 Capt. (Acting Major) Victor Gordon Tupper enlisted in the 16th Battalion, CEF on 22 September 1914. He was commissioned on 28 August 1915 and promoted to Captain on 9 October 1916. Tupper was wounded on 2 April 1916. He also served briefly as a corporal in the 13th Battalion, CEF from 26 April 1915 to 6 May 1915. He was awarded the Military Cross on 14 November 1916. Tupper was 21 years old when he was killed in action leading C Company, 16th Battalion CEF on 9 April 1917 at Vimy Ridge. CEF attestation, CWGC details, Canadian Virtual Memorial (CVM) pages and the Canadian Great War Project (CGWP) page added to Media. PHOTO NEEDS TO BE SCANNED.