Random order of photos

I have just synced an album of 400 photos of a holiday from my PC to my iPad3 using iTunes and it has randomised the order! I had them in a date and sequence order by filename but on my iPad they are now randomised!! What can I do to ensure the order I want is on the iPad (by the filemane I gave them on my PC) - I can't even sort them manually n the iPad!

Actually it appears that the sequence is likely by date/time. Filename is DEFINITELY NOT the sequence. I am trying to create a slideshow in iPhoto, fool the date problem by changing all dates to today, and sequencing by filename. A very cumbersome process to an illogical problem, does not make sense to me at all.
Thanks for trying to help.

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