Watson came from Birmingham, where he was associated with the Rev. Dr. John Henry Jowett and the Carr's Lane Church,[REF] and in 1901 was sent to South Australia as a "home missionary".
He moved to Queensland, serving in Brisbane from 1925 to 1947, first at the Wharf Street Congregational Church, Brisbane and then transferring to the City Congregational Church, Brisbane when the Wharf Street church closed [REF].