John Jensen

Sir John Klunder Jensen (20 March 188417 February 1970) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Department of Munitions between 1942 and 1948.

Life and career John Jensen was born in Bendigo, Victoria on 20 March 1884.

He joined the Commonwealth Public Service in 1901, the year of Australia's federation and the year the service was first established.

In January 1942, Jensen was appointed Secretary of the Department of Munitions. During his time as permanent head of the Munitions department, he was a member of the Allied Supply Standing Committee and the executive of the Allied Supply Council. In the role, he played a leading part in organizing munitions supply during World War II. His department was abolished in 1948 during scaling down after the end of world war II. In his role at the Department of Supply and Development, he found himself frequently journeying to South Australia, including to visit the Woomera Rocket Range, and in connection to uranium mining.

Jensen retired in 1949. Immediately after retirement he took work as a member of the Commonwealth Immigration Planning Council. In the 1950 Birthday Honours he was made a Knight Bachelor, for services to munitions production.

In December 1969, the Victorian headquarters of the Department of Supply was named Jensen House in his honour.