Wartime Stories from Melbourne's Exhibition Buildings: Reg Hubbard and Dorothy Quinn

In 1940, in the months after the outbreak of WWII, the Exhibition Buildings were requisitioned by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and used as a barracks and training facility.

Reg Hubbard and Dorothy Quinn met while both were posted in Melbourne and a romance quickly blossomed between the two. It was only the war that could keep them apart.

Throughout World War two ,as Melbourne roiled through marches, air raid drills and blackouts, many dramas played out beneath the great Florentine dome of the Exhibition Building.

It hosted public dances and balls to boost morale, witnessed steamy affairs, unrequited love, absent family members, the loss of mates. As well as the day to day struggles, the milestones and the triumphs of everyday life.

Reg and Dot's story is just one of many.

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