National Service was being would down from 1957 and the last conscripts were called up in 1960.
True, we benefited at 1ANS. We were in a remote block and had our own batman. Morning tea, shoes polished, bed made, room cleaned. He spent the days on his own, no one bothered him as he saw his time out. When it came our turn to move into the main mess we all opted to stay in the block.