Ababao, son of Eskiba and Malka Tarkan, was born in Ethiopia on 28.5.1990 and immigrated to Israel in July 2009. On July 3, 2011, Abba was drafted into the IDF. He served in the General Security Corps as a security guard. Ababao fell in the line of duty on 27 December 2011. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Rishon Letzion, leaving a mother and three brothers.