CAPTAIN CLARENCE RYLAND "KIP" CHASE
LATER MAJOR CLARENCE CHASE
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WWII

Captain Clarence Ryland "Kip" Chase, was the second Aide-de-Camp for Lieutenant General George C. Kenney in Brisbane during WWII. In December 1942 Lt. Gen Kenney and Captain Clarence R. Chase were located in Room No. 402 on the 4th floor of the AMP building which was used by General Douglas MacArthur as his General Headquarters Southwest Pacific Area GHQ SWPA.

"Kip" Chase named Lt. General Kenney's private B-17 Flying Fortress "Sally" after his wife. Mrs. Sally Chase sent a mounted St. Christopher medal which was placed on the wall of the radio room onboard the B-17 "Sally".

Captain "Kip" Chase was quartered in Room No. 107 of Lennons Hotel in George Street Brisbane as shown on a room allocation from the Billeting Office dated 28 September 1942.

"Kip" Chase was later attached to the Headquarters of General Douglas MacArthur and Kenney went the rest of the war without an Aide-de-Camp. Mrs Beryl Stevenson then became Kenney's private Secretary.

Cason Cox obtained Major Chases' Jacket and pants from a person on a Militaria Trading page on Facebook. Cason told me on 29 December 2019:-

"I don't think he understood what he had nor did I at the time....... I'm excited and proud to have it after the research and your page."

The Jacket was made by Pike Brothers Limited in Queen Street, Brisbane. Mr. Wyn Pike, the governing director of Pike Brothers Ltd., Brisbane was appointed the Commander of the Queensland Wing (No. 3 Cadet Wing) of the Air Training Corps in August 1941 with the rank of Wing-Commander A.T.C.

Photo:- Cason Cox December 2019

Clarence Ryland "Kip" Chase's military jacket

Photo:- Cason Cox December 2019

5th Air Force Badge on military jacket of Clarence Chase

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Label on the trousers for Pike Brothers Limited, Brisbane

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After he had graduated from college Clarence Chase joined the Foreign Department of the Chase National Bank and spent several years in China. He married Sally L. Dickinson on 9 October 1933 in China. They went on to have three children, Ryland E., Sally and Margaret.

"Kip" Chase returned to New York in 1936. He then worked for three years with the brokerage firm of Herrick Berg and Company. He then relocated to Richmond, Virginia and worked with Reynolds Metal Company. He later became President of the Pied Piper Company, a tobacco chemical company. He was President of Baugham Stationery from 1940 through to 1942. He was also a Director of the Richmond Bank of Commerce and Trusts, the Blue Ridge Corporation and the American Cities Power and Light Company. He enlisted in the Air Corps in early 1942.

After the war he worked for the management engineering company Booz Allen & Hamilton in New York where he was made a Partner in 1948. "Kip" Chase died in New York City on 29 March 1953 after suffering the reoccurrence of a brain tumour. He had a major operation six years earlier for this issue.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'd like to thank Cason Cox and Karen Nunan for their assistance with this web page.

Can anyone help me with more information?

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This page first produced 29 December 2019

This page last updated 15 January 2020