13 Apr 1915 - Pay Day & an Official Photograph Session

Leslie Payne's C.E.F. Pay Book shows him to have been paid on 13 April, while the 2nd Div. Train were still in St. John. It was around this time that official photographers arrived to take photos of the entire company. It is not clear exactly what date this took place, but the published photos show Leslie Payne still with a rank of "Dr" (Driver), so it may have been prior to his appointment to Lance Rank on the 5th. They appear to have been taken on the steps of large building, presumably somewhere in the vicinity of the army camp or barracks, although the remainder of the background has been in the images shown below. Click on any image to view a larger version of the same.

OFFICERS, No. 7 COMPANY, ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Lieut. E.O. Leadley, Lieut. R.A. Laird, Major H.J. Freeman, Lieut. J.R.C. Stanley, Lieut. R.W. Marshall, S.Sgt.-Maj. C.E. Rowe (W.O.)

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, No. 7 COMPANY, ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Top Row - S.-Sgt. A.E. Read, Coy. Q.M.-Sgt. S.H. Headland, S.-Sgt.-Maj. C.E. Rowe (W.O.), Coy. Sgt.-Maj. A.C. Pollett, S.-Sgt. W. James
2nd Row - S.-Sgt. W. Ball, Sgt. W.R. Lintott, S.-Sgt. H. Dowds, Sgt. H.G. Green, S.-Sgt. R. Simmons, Sgt. F. MacGregor

TRANSPORT SECTION 1, No. 7 COMPANY, ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Top Row - Dr. L. Payne, Dr. J. Newell, Dr. C. Gazen, Dr. H.A. Shoobert, Dr. B. Gerdes, L.-Cpl. R.V. Moodie, Pte. B.M. Pressley, Dr. A. Macdonald
2nd Row - Dr. F.C. Batting, Dr. G. Smith, Cpl. A. Burwell, Cpl. J. Tompkin, Cpl. A. Dickeson, Dr. T.O. Stow, Dr. T.L. Johns
3rd Row - Dr. W. Leavitt, L.-Cpl. P.W. Ninnes, Dr. O.J. Durnell, Dr. H. Cheffins, Dr. G. Chadney, Dr. E.W. Lowery
4th Row - Cpl. H. Worthington, Dr. S.E. Fairs, Dr. G.H. Day, Dr. E.L. Pennell, Dr. J. MacDougall, Dr. T. Boyce, Dr. E.A. Bullock, Trptr. J. Boswell
5th Row - Sgt. H.G. Green, Lieut. E.O. Leadley, Cpl. S.C. Bullock

TRANSPORT SECTION 2, No. 7 COMPANY, ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Top Row - Dr. M.H. Renahan, Cpl. W.P. Hogg, Dr. W.F. Behm, Dr. L.B. Reed, Dr. F.M. Booth, Dr. W.B.C. Woolett, Dr. J.A. Jennings, Dr. E.C. Bown
2nd Row - Dr. G. Chilton, Dr. W. Allan, Dr. D. McElroy, Dr. C.H. Salmons, Dr. H.M. Payne
3rd Row - Dr. C.A. Gardiner, Dr. G. McGlashen, Dr. H.W. Corner, Dr. T. Bennett, Dr. C. McLennan, Dr. J.P. Brown, Trptr. J. Boswell
5th Row - Sgt. W.R. Lintott, Lieut. R.W. Marshall, Cpl. S. Davies

SUPPLY SECTION No. 7 COMPANY, ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Top Row - Pte. G.R.L. Richards, Pte. A. Davis, Pte. W.B. O'Hare, Pte. A.N. Kerr
2nd Row - Pte. J.T. James, Pte. A.M. Woolett, Pte. W. Emery, Pte. G.H. Willox
Third Row - Sgt. F. McGregor, S.-Sgt. A.E. Reed, S.-Sgt. W. James
4th Row - Lieut. R.A. Laird, Lieut. J.C. Stanley
Sources:
Photographs by kind courtesy of Bruce Tascona