This is John Steele the third youngest son of Edmund Valentine Steele. John's life started on the 6th March 1902 in Eumundi Qld. He attended school and for the most part of his life lived as an adult in Canungra. John lived as a hermit in a shack and did so for 50 years. He never married and had very little contact with the outside world. As a recluse he was a victim of the times as his body was undiscovered for a week before being found in 1972.
John Steele of Crawfordsville, Crittenden County, AR was born on March 6, 1902 in Eumundi, Queensland Australia, and died at age 70 years old on August 10, 1972.
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