The RIC record has him as ex-navy, and Ancestry tree has photo of him as an RN Rating. But U cannot get a service record
1896 Aug 27 born Kilkenny
1911 census at Castlecolumb, Knocktopher, Kilkenny, Ireland
1919 Nov 4 enlisted in RIC as # 69901 . ex-Royal Navy
1920 Jan 24 posted Cork
1922. Mar 29 disbanded
1922 Mar 30. Enlisted in Palestine Gendarmerie as a Constable.
1945 Dec 12 died Salisbury, Rhodesia. He had married Gladys Jane Payne
