Source: April 1918 casualty.
SERGT. J.L. TUPPEN KILLED.
Mrs. Tuppen, of 64 Gledhill avenue, was notified on Thursday that her husband, Sergt. J.L. Tuppen, had died of wounds at 12th General Hospital, Rouen, France, Aprl. 14. He enlisted Mar. 16th, 1915, went overseas July, 1916, and to France in September, and took part in many battles.
Toronto Evening Telegram. April 22, 1918.
| Name | Tuppen, Joseph Lucas |
| Rank | QMS |
| Year of Birth | 2/21/1905 |
| Date of Death | 4/14/1918 |
| Cemetery | Rouen, France |
| Cemetery location | Wound type/Death particulars |
| Country of birth | England |
| Home Country | Canada |
| City born | Wimbleton, Surrey England |
| Address | Saint-Sever Cemetery extension |
| Enlistment Date | 6/5/1916 |
| Drafted? | |
| Enlistment place | Niagara Camp |
| Origin Unit | 116th Battalion |
| 64 Gledhill Ave., Cedarvale, Toronto, Ont | Pre-war Unit |
| Final Bn | 18th |
| Ship | SS Olympic |
| Date in England | 7/31/1916 |
| Date in France | |
| Date w 116 | 10/6/1916 |
| Left 116th | |
| Married | yes |
| Occupation | Builder |
| Wounded date | 4/14/1918 |
| Wound type/Death particuolars | Shrapnel wounds, multiple, Myalgia |
| KIA | |
| DOW | yes |
| Died other | |
| Missing/Presumed Dead | |
| Wounded | |
| Sick | |
| PTSD | yes |
| Medals | |
| Vimy | |
| Vimy area | |
| Raid | |
| Hill 70 | |
| Pass | |
| Amiens | |
| Parvillers | |
| Boiry | |
| Canal | |
| Other | yes |
| Unit History | 116th to 37th to 18th |
| Other details | Machine gun section |
| Field Punishment | yes |
| FP Details | AWOL |
| Gravestone | |
| Underage | |
| Medically Unit | |
| Deserter | |
| Undesirable | |
| Casualty Description | Died of Wounds, SW Multi No 12 General Hospital Rouen |
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 