Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 2: Biographies of Priests on the Australian Scene up to 1900, 1980, pp 36-37:

Chester, Gerard, CP, English
Tireless Worker for the Poor and the Sick
The above title - factual as it is - should be good enough to place Father Gerard among the company of the saints from the Passionists - sons of Saint Paul of the Cross. Father Bonaventure Thom C.P. has sent along this neat biography of a confrere that he knew personally: "Father Gerard was born at Westminster, England, in 1864. At the age of 16 he came with his parents to Australia. His father was Resident Magistrate for Queensland at Thursday Island. For a time Gerard was Postmaster there, and then secured a position with the Town and Country Bank at Port Darwin. When that institution failed it was taken over by the Commercial Bank of Australia. Soon after the failure he was transferred to Brisbane in the service of the Commercial, remaining until 1894. He then joined the Congregation of the Passion at Goulburn. On completing his studies he was ordained by Bishop John Gallagher on 1 April 1900. First place of service was at Marrickville from 1900 to 1907, where he was involved in the usual parish duties of visitation etc. He then transferred to Glen Osmond, Adelaide, and for some years was Military Chaplain at the Mitcham Camp. Returning to Sydney in 1918 he was appointed to the Liverpool Military Camp, remaining until the end of the Great World War. Parish duties at Marrickville then became his lot for seventeen years. Father Gerard was a friend of everyone, but above all devoted to the poor and the sick. His tireless work gained him the respect of all classes in the community. Response to the needs of others often extended his charity beyond their death, for he was one of the most familiar figures at Requiems for brother priests, religious, and many lay people. He died at Darlinghurst on 2 April 1936. He had gone there to ask for aid for a sick person who was about to enter hospital. On calling at the house of a Mr Concannon he remarked that he felt unwell. He took a proferred chair and died almost immediately. So he died as he had lived - in the service of the sick. After a Solemn Requiem at Marrickville his remains were taken to Mary's Mount Cemetery, Goulburn, where Bishop John Barry pronounced the Final Absolution at the Monastery, and read the burial service at the grave. An account of his life and death can be found in the 'Catholic Press' of 9 April 1936".
(Footprints, Vol. 2, No. 4)
Ref.: MDHC File, Torquay, Per Late Father Bonaventure Thom CP