The Palestine Gendarmerie Roll has "E A Godwin". There are two possible
1899 May 6 born Queens Co as Albert Edward

1901 census at Meelick, Queen's Co.

1911 census at Shanbeg, Rosenallis, Queen's Co.

WW1 I cannot get his service
1921 Mar 12 enlisted in RIC as # 79682. ex-soldier & shop assistant
1921 Jun 5 posted Westmeath
1922. Mar 26 disbanded
1922 Mar 30. Enlisted in Palestine Gendarmerie as a Constable.
1925 Jun 19 Left UK for New Zealand
1926 married in New Zealand to Emily Elizabeth Beatrice Hales (1904–1984)
1966 Feb 25 died Auckland, NZ. A retired Mechanical Engineer