The page that would show him being in Palestine Gendarmerie is missing. So I cannot be sure this is him, though there is no alternative
1900 Aug 8 born Kilkenny
1911 census at Walkins Street, Upper, Kilkenny
1918 Dec 3 Enlisted in RIC with service no 69585. Plasterer
1919 Jun 17 posted Clare
1922 May 31 Disbanded,(perhaps showing he was not in PG)
1922 Mar 30 Enlisted in Palestine Gendarmerie as Constable
1923 Apr 23 Married in Belfast co Down to Olivia Josephine Bowen Heggarty (1893–1982)
1925 Jun 30 mention in a nwespaper article as in RUC
1986 Aug 8 died at 431 Springfield Rd, Belfast