Reinforcements, Calgary 1940: "Mysore Plt (Platoon) D Company C.I. [R] T.C. [Canadian Infantry (Reserve) Training Centre] Currie Bks (Barracks) Calgary (Seaforth Highlanders) Oct 16th 1940. All persons in the photo are named. It has a matte surrounding. Photographer: H. Pollard, Calgary. The Canadian Army opened what was called the Currie Barracks on the southwestern edge of Calgary in 1933, occupying a property on the level plateau above the south slope of the Bow River valley. The facility was named after the recently deceased General Sir Arthur William Currie, commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. Over the next decade, the facility would house a combination of personnel from the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps and Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, along with personnel from the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). During World War II, Currie Barracks became an army training centre for units mobilized in southern Alberta; it was designated A-16. These mobilized units were tasked to provide reinforcements for The Calgary Highlanders and The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada.