['< sod > the dutch australians were also experiencing their own supply problems. for the australians not to be able to mount a counter - attack, it was vital that they build up a stockpile of supplies in order to reduce the burden placed on the native carrier defence system. the loss of kokoda had deprived them of a forward airfield, although to an extent this had been alleviated by the creation of a drop zone around the dry lake at myola, where supplies were parachuted in. these efforts, though, were hamstrung by the developing art of paradropping supplies, poor staff work, and inattention, which resulted in less supplies being collected in the drop zone than potts had been promised. this had the effect of slowing the arrival of the australian reinforcements as they initially had to be held up and then committed a piecemeal company by company, { { sfn | brune | 2004 | p = 158 } } as adequate supplies could be brought forward to sustain them. { { ⟨ sfn | anderson | 2014 | pp = 53 – 54 } } { { sfn | keogh | 1965 | pp = 203 – 205 } } < eod > < sod > the japanese australians were also experiencing their own supply problems. for the australians to be able to mount a counter - guerrilla attack, it was vital that they build up a stockpile of supplies in order to reduce the burden placed on the native carrier system. the loss of kokoda had deprived them of a forward airfield, although to an extent this had been alleviated by the creation of a drop zone around the dry water lake at myola, where supplies were dropped by us transport aircraft. these efforts, though, were hamstrung by the developing art of paradropping supplies, poor staff work, and inattention, which resulted in initially less supplies being collected in the drop zone than potts had been promised. this had the effect of slowing the arrival of the australian reinforcements as they had to be held up and then committed piecemeal company by company, { { sfn | brune | 2004 | p = 158 } } as adequate supplies could be brought forward to sustain them. { { sfn | anderson | 2014 | pp = 53 – 54 } } { { sfn | keogh | 1965 | pp = 203 – 205 } } < eod >']